Internal problems seem to exacerbate one another. In my case, the output bearing is shot and I have a rubba shifter as well.
Every bike has problems. Beemers break their final drive (paralever) castings, Honda's break frame welds. Even my KLR has problems. Kawasaki adamantly refuses to recognize that the ring sets on the OEM slugs don't have enough tension and consequently allow oil past at sustained rpm over 5K. At least Triumph is aware of it's deficiencies and will correct them, most times at no expense to the end user.
All production vehicles, whether 2 or 3 or 4 wheeled are compromises between form, function, affordability and profit margins. To build a (as perfectly engineered and executed) motorcycle and offer it to the public, would be so expensive that it would never sell because very few could afford it. An example is the MV Agusta at 50K and even it's not ideal.
Of course after today, very few might change to entitled few.
