Originally posted by nevada
sounds like the dog gears are worn. it wont be covered under warranty either. do a search theres quite a few threads about this very same thing.
kawi has shitty trannies, and worthless warranties, and shitty customer service.
i will never again buy NEW from kawi. when this happened to me(5k miles) cost me 1600. fought with them over tha warranty. went out and got me a new r1. i WAS going to buy a zx10. but after they screwed me...nope..never again
I know you've been spreading your story every chance you get, even though people downplay it and give you shit about it -- if it makes you feel any better, it has touched me. Based on your experience, and the guy from Atlanta in the dog gear thread, I'll never buy another Kawasaki. I love mine to death, but the way they screwed both of you over, they've lost me. I'm hoping nothing comes up to make me quit loving it, but no matter what, I'll march my happy ass back over to the Honda dealer next time I go shopping. I know I sure as hell won't do a single mod to mine until the warranty is over, just to make sure they can't try to pin any problem on that.
My CBR600 gave me 134,000 trouble free miles (well, shit wore out, but I never had to fix the tranny or any other major part - just clutch, tires, carb rebuilds, bearings -- things that are intended to wear out.) I don't expect that from my Kawi (honestly didn't expect it of my Honda, but was damn pleased that it did it,) but to have a tranny crap out in less than 10k miles of commuting and being told it was my fault would piss me off nearly to the point of flying to Kawi headquarters and kicking some asses.
