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Chronic:
Yesterday i took the bike for a spin for the first time, and realized that when in third gear, a grinding sound is Heard. All gears work fine, but in third something is grinding metal...

Anyone who did have this problem Before?

J6G1Z:
I have not heard of any problems with 3rd. gear. What type of oil are you using? Oftentimes if you are using a regular automotive oil, you will notice an improvement in clutch & transmission operation by switching to a motorcycle specific oil such as Hondalube, Yamalube, Golden Spectro, Redline, etc. I like to run a 10W-40 motorcycle oil.

Good luck
J.

Chronic:
I always use oil specific for motorcykels. I dont think this problem will be solved with an oilchange :(

A good thing the case is splitted horosontally, so its a bit moore easy to replace 3rd gear i hope..

wrk2ride_ride2wrk:
no slipping through the gears, no noise from the right side? seems like might be a broken gear... I'd get into it asap before it'll cause more damage.

You can use a long screwdriver  ( longer the better ) to check to the noise, put the bike up on the mainstand, run it through the gears.
pointy end against the noisy location handle to your ear, other ear plugged....  :P or you can use a stethoscope with some narrow copperpipe in the end

Chronic:
The gears working fine, as the clutch. Its a grinding noice.

I dont know what good comes out from trying detecting the source of the noice, could it even be something else than third gear sprocket on main/countershaft?

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