Broken cam plate detent
 

Would this be the reason why I'm missing a gear (I think it's 1st gear I can't find as well as neutral) It's the only reason I can see for my problem!!!

Would this just be wear and tear?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...g/camplate.jpg

Time to find out how much Mr suzuki wants to rob me off this time.

PM on its way...

Cheers bud. :)

On a side note to let anyone know, phoned fowlers to get hold of a k5 cam plate and it turns out that not only do fowlers not stock them but Suzuki haven't even designated the part with a part number so it'd need to be sorted out in Japan and be shipped over. :roll:

Wasn't fowlers fault I guess....it was fowlers fault for not selling me the part whe I told them it was a 99 sv I had, not a 2005 one like I may have implied.

3 times I have used fowlers, 2 times I have been really quite cross at their attitude/policy. :x

eh i can see where they are confused...cause i am...so have you a 99 or a K5???

Get the factory pro one, it may even be a similer cost but better.

:shock:

They quoted roughly £45 & vat. The factory pro one I saw was nearer $200 :shock: Although I'd love one, I want to keep that kind of expense for the cam swap/system/dynojet/air filter/bandit rear wheel/twin ixil cans that will all come the next 6 months. :shock:

sv racer - Got a 1999 model but asked for a k5 part...once I told them I had a 1999 model, they jsut didn't want to deal with me and flat refused to order the part.

For the $200 you get the star/spring/detent arm.

You can just buy the star if you want, have you tried JHS?

Not tried JHS, Northwind has kindly offered his old one up which I have accepted :D Kudos to that man.

Hmm, turns out it's 25381-19F00, "plate, gear shif" and costs $22.32. Fowlers have been telling porcupines.

The K5 and 6 part is 25381-19F10... I've never seen one, but from riding K3s and K5s, and my own as standard and with the Factory Pro one, I reckon it's very similiar to the factory pro part's profiles. The detent arm is the same, I think, and will probably still have the riveted roller instead of the teeny bearing on the Factory Pro one. But it does cost a fair bit less ;)

Factory Pro one's not remotely worth the money on a road bike, IMO, unless you get the arm for £10 off Ebay including the gasket, and then you order the Evo star and as a result of a massive ****-up at the company and them taking your money for 5 months and not posting it, you get one for the price of postage. Then it's worth it :)