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Message: <blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 2939646" data-attributes="member: 15054">yamaha transmissions and many others are bad about 2nd gear going out.Vmax for one .. buddy had his second gear on the 2004 fixed under warranty.. then 2000 miles later warranty was up it went out again.I got a V65 magna that was 10 years old at the time and had sat for 4 years.Tank rusted including the reserve tank. carbs gummed up. low speed jets and high speed were plugged.Yes yours is not carbed.I took a couple hand fulls of 1/4 20 nuts and some 2 stroke oil and  and put this in the fuel tanks and shake shake shake  got it (rust) all out.Then remove nuts.I paid $450 for that bike and it would spank the V-Max I tweaked it of course.. stock it was 12.0 1/4 mile and i got it to 11.51 in the 1/4.I busted my second gear when I shifted from first to second while up in a wheelie.Yes we will tear up a bike.. drive them like we stole them. Of course I drive my cars the same way.</blockquote>