Not been on here for ages.....loads of shite's been going on in my life (my Dad was in hospital a couple of times and has been diagnosed with prostrate cancer, work's been mental, etc etc etc).
Anyhoo, the gearbox on my Fireblade exploded when travelling at a rate of knots, chucking cogs through the casings and dumping oil all over the back tyre. Luckily it happened on a straight and I just about held it from over 100mph to a stop. Left a skidmark about 1/2 mile on the road, and a slightly larger one in my kecks
![Shocked 8O](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
I ended up getting an engine from a breaker, swapping it over one weekend, and amazingly, nothing fell off, snagged or otherwise dropped off and catapulted me into the path of a truck
Anyway, it's been traded in for this:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/Gadfium/Bike/c6816ddf.jpg)
1800 miles on a '09 plate, so it's back to V-twin booming
![Big Grin :biggrin](./images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
(or it will be once I source some decent end cans)