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rgraves · 05-24-2009, 02:39 PM

i was coming off a red light got it up to around 40mph was in 3rd gear when it let loose with a lound grinding noise and locked up the rear wheel. got it to the shoulder to asses the damage and the chain was on the bike but very beat up. i can not get the bike into neutral to start it. the engine was running good when i hit the kill switch. sounded like all the noise was coming from the front sprocket area.

05-24-2009, 02:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
rgraves Silver Subscriber Member #16539 Posts: 178 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: elgin il Sportsbike: 2003 tl1000r Riding Experience: Trader Rating: (3) Pictures: 11 Life Wasted on TLZone: 1 Week, 3 Days and 12:27:54 Hours rgraves's Garage rgraves	i was coming off a red light got it up to around 40mph was in 3rd gear when it let loose with a lound grinding noise and locked up the rear wheel. got it to the shoulder to asses the damage and the chain was on the bike but very beat up. i can not get the bike into neutral to start it. the engine was running good when i hit the kill switch. sounded like all the noise was coming from the front sprocket area. Last edited by rgraves; 05-24-2009 at 02:50 PM..