I read with interest about the gearbox-related recall.

It prompted me to remember looking at pics of bikes that were damaged by gear failures. It seems to me that the ones that failed randomly (and not as a result of stopper arm bearing problems) looked as though the gears had been very hot.

Could it be that the same issue that has plagued some 2009 owners has finally been recognised as a serious problem in the later models? Obviously, I have no idea whether this is true or not, but it does seem coincidental.

As an aside, it would be interesting to know just what the lubrication problem is. If it's something simple like a crimp in the oil feed pipe, it's an easy fix.