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Hey guys I'm pretty new to riding here. I have an 02 nighttrain with a carbonated 110, and 6 speed baker. I was turning around off a main street, hit some gravel at 10 mph and the bike slid put from underneath me. Broke a peg, my transmission belt (open drive), my shifter, kickstand was a little messed up but it works just fine now. My shifter.for the transmission is all sorts of loose, all ot does is just move freely and wont engage or disengage the transmission, I tried starting the bike back up after I laid it down but all it did was just click, I had oil coming out of the air intake at the time but it has since stopped. I am looking to repair the bike myself so any help would be appreciated. I do not know the technical names for all the parts yet so i can take videos and pictures as needed. Thank you.
I plan on it. I've worked on cars my entire life, done anything from an oil change to a transmission swap on cars. I know they're different but I was hoping to be able to do it all on my own.
Inspect your shifter linkage. The stock linkage ends are known to shear if they have to transfer enough energy. If this is the culprit, Landmark makes a much stronger unit with real heim joints. Like this-
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