This exact same issue happened to a mate of mine in June, 3rd gear just spinning out. The problem was the three pegs that hold 3rd gear to the shaft, all failed and the gear was just spinning.

�700 or so later and the bike is sorted..... it has to be said he has neither the time or skill to repair this so it went to a mechanic. whilst it was stripped it had a full check over, not sure if any other bits were replaced, at that price I would guess it did (I'll find out this weekend). He was pretty lucky in that it didn't destroy anything else.

It's a 2009 bike too.

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