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[Bruce CurtisMember]

Cush drive as TB stated is a must, WR’s throw gearboxes on firetrails from shock loading and see as we share the the same basic internals with you (YZ250s’) it’s no wonder, as TB said all derived from the MX box, which when you have it apart stuns you it takes what it does.
Now if you don’t put a cush drive hub on and you do big road kays, can i have your 1st, 4th and 5th gears when you get a new gearbox?
I’m sick of doing 55ks an hour on transport sections……

Bruce

[Mick DMember]

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Goddamn you blokes get carried away sometimes! Talk about a thread jacking! It IS in the Bullpit so fair enough, and I have been guilty of similar in the past, so can’t throw stones, but GAWD! :blink: :blink:

ADMIN! Where are you now sunshine!?! :laugh:

If you reckon we get outa control here,you should see the arguing and shit slinging that goes on, once we have been on the juice together. :blink: :S :laugh:

[Anonymous]

sadly xr gearboxes do break

killed third gear one day when i landed a hotted up xr with the gas hard on at cessnock mx

[GregMember]

micknmeld wrote:

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ECKS-Man wrote:

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Goddamn you blokes get carried away sometimes! Talk about a thread jacking! It IS in the Bullpit so fair enough, and I have been guilty of similar in the past, so can’t throw stones, but GAWD! :blink: :blink:

ADMIN! Where are you now sunshine!?! :laugh:

If you reckon we get outa control here,you should see the arguing and shit slinging that goes on, once we have been on the juice together. :blink: :S :laugh:

Yeah but its the same in the shed I am right your wrong, I dont forget anything said ever and if it becomes a battle of wits, well we cant do it because for me its the same as shooting an unarmed man (being you Mick) :laugh: :laugh:

TB

[GregMember]

champo35 wrote:

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sadly xr gearboxes do break

killed third gear one day when i landed a hotted up xr with the gas hard on at cessnock mx

operator error I would say I got 40 thousand + kms on XR’s and never had the problem, like you said landing hard with the throttle pinned would do it, was a 400 wasnt it.
The 600’s wear the 2nd 3rd gear drive dogs in high klms bikes but never seen it personally

TB

[Anonymous]

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Any excuse Moto – you just cant ride for shit

Well, you do make a good point. I’m still waiting for the day you take me on the trails though

Just because it’s your Birthday it doesn’t mean you can be naughty now get back to work!!

[Anonymous]

Moto wrote:

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DanD wrote:

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Any excuse Moto – you just cant ride for shit

Well, you do make a good point. I’m still waiting for the day you take me on the trails though

Just because it’s your Birthday it doesn’t mean you can be naughty now get back to work!!

I was only stirring you up mate, your a good rider :huh:

I have gotta have at least one day a year that I can say what ever I want now i will get back to work.

[Jeffrey SmithMember]

I think you are forgetting he has only mentioned one ride, surely one road ride is not going to kill the thing, especially if you take note of the gearbox warnings and don’t flog it. I think Dan may be right, the equipment in the most danger will be the part you sit on all day.

[Jeffrey SmithMember]

I think you are forgetting he has only mentioned one ride, surely one road ride is not going to kill the thing, especially if you take note of the gearbox warnings and don’t flog it. I think Dan may be right, the equipment in the most danger will be the part you sit on all day.

[Anonymous]

Trailboss wrote:

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champo35 wrote:

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sadly xr gearboxes do break

killed third gear one day when i landed a hotted up xr with the gas hard on at cessnock mx

operator error I would say I got 40 thousand + kms on XR’s and never had the problem, like you said landing hard with the throttle pinned would do it, was a 400 wasnt it.
The 600’s wear the 2nd 3rd gear drive dogs in high klms bikes but never seen it personally

TB

there must be other riders making the same error as i was able to buy a stronger 3rd gear

[GregMember]

Jeffro wrote:

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I think you are forgetting he has only mentioned one ride, surely one road ride is not going to kill the thing, especially if you take note of the gearbox warnings and don’t flog it. I think Dan may be right, the equipment in the most danger will be the part you sit on all day.

I agree Jeffro once or twice should be right, well maybe you should be ok

TB

[alanMember]

i done a gear after landing on the gas at condo mx on my xr400 think it was common on them .road my wr400 to work on the tar for 12 months with no problems only about 12km round trip but

[alanMember]

you had to land with the throttle pinned on the xr400 or they bottemed badly as champo did

[GregMember]

white rocket wrote:

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i done a gear after landing on the gas at condo mx on my xr400

I stand corrected then Rocket and must say never seen it mate but it would be on the money if you say so thanks for the heads up

Did it have many miles on it? What gear failed?

TB

[AlexMember]

Not specifically related but I thought I might throw it in for the general readers: My old KTM250exc-f had some very ordinary piston ring wear and one of the reasons (not proven) was sustained high speed riding. Any form of hwy or fast trails for long periods of time result in barrel heat build up which the little 250 couldn’t get rid of. Made sense to me, I tried to avoid it.

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