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Catastrophic was the term used by the service repair guys at the dealership. They thought either a complete rebuild or a new final drive. They showed me a several inch long grove in the ring gear (crown gear), which they thought was caused by a bad bearing, as you say. Now that I have the bike back ...

This is most helpful, thank you.

The bike has 28,597 miles. Unlike the first seal problem, there was no leaking from the final drive until I drove it from my home in Fort Morgan, Co., to Loveland, CO, a trip of about 73 miles. What caused me to take the bike in for a diagnoses was the grinding sound coming from the rear end, and a ...

Last week I learned that the final drive on my 2005, R1150R has "catastrophiclly failed." It's about $1,700 to fix it, along with the attendant rear brake damage. I bought this bike on May 22, 2010, with a one-year extended warranty from Northern Colorado Euro Motorcycles, Loveland, Colora...