1998, I ride the first section of V to R. 20 miles in and "EEERrrrr" starts comin' outta the tranny. Shifting gets funky. So, I nurse it in while being passed by all the guys I had JUST BUSTED MY A$$ TO PASS! Including those dust-machine Iron-Man guys!
At the first pit...gee, no oil plug! There goes our day. Start pushin' the bike to the truck to go home...my team-mate and I share a look,"Hey, we ain't quiters...what if.....Yeah!" The oil drain plug threads were gone...one rubber plug and some oil...Voila...15+ minutes in the pits; but, we're back on the course and gettin' it back!
At the end of the day...1st in class and Over-all Am. Yes, tranny was done! But, we made it!
BTW, same team-mate STRIPED the Drain-bolt in the BRAND NEW motor I got the following week! d**n Engineers!
Manny