Wow. First, the good news. This evening, I managed to limp my 999 home part way through blat in the countryside with no 1st or 2nd gear, through a combination of good luck and good route planning, plus awesome clutch/throttle/brake skills. Go, me. The bad news. I have 3rd, 4th and 5th gear only (maybe 6th) and can swap between these gears but I have no 1st, 2nd or Neutral. In 3rd, the gear lever feels like it does in 1st, that is, no movement downwards - that's as far as she goes. Obviously, it's not a case of splines on the gear shift lever end so it must be gear selector?/gearbox? On a scale from Your Summer Is Over to You're F'd in the A, Mate, Goodbye, how fucked am I? Should I be thinking of putting a 62T rear sprocket on and stop worrying about the missing gears? Can anyone fill me in, or simply just kill me, as appropriate. I should point out that I cannot afford a 999, I just happen to have one. If the repair is (or costs) more than a tank of petrol I'm fairly boned. Thank you for any messages of support, advice and of course gloating, all of which I deserve. :frown:
Shitty death Loz ,gear selector forks maybe . This is probably your cheapest option if you can diy. DUCATI 749 999 Gearbox | eBay
Asking a bike question on a bike forum Loz? You sure you're in the right place ? ;-) hope it's something simple and easy fix
Thanks everyone who has posted their support, very appreciated. Even you, Bradders mate :smile: :tongue: Thanks for this, Steve, can you hold onto that for me until next week? Just in case I need it! The offer is hugely appreciated and if I end up buying it, I will have your babies if required. Investigations will commence (hopefully) this weekend - I have heard from another source that the fault may be a simple spring failure job, as Steve suggests. If this proves to be the case, I will offer to sleep with the next person I see
Cheers - the gearbox is fine! Jeers - the total amount it costs to replace a spring that itself costs less than £5. Huge relief, seriously a big sigh of relief ... but I wish I had the experience and skill to be confident of fixing something that is apparently quite simple. As it was, the cost of the repair wasn't as bad as I thought it might have been. Kudos to those that predicted the cause (and thanks, too, for giving me a reason to remain calm) and a big thanks to Steve (Mr R) for his offer and for all those who offered advice, info and abuse
