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lets see , separate 5speed hotrod car tranny, 300+hp, change tranny about 50K.
Japanese bikes use motor oil in the tranny ,,change because engine runs in same oil.
engine dirties it up.
HD, separate tranny (shared primary on sportsters) change every 3-5 k ???.
and requires a "special oil ??
maybe way over thinking ?( or overspending) to each his own
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Not over thinking it. And definetly not over engineered either LOL.
PITA maybe?
But for some reason... Makes sense on a big twin with heavier then most everything.
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