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Someone may know this, is the Rotax engine using a cassette type gearbox?
If so it could (I'm not saying it is or would) be a simple matter of dropping one gear cluster/cassette out and replacing it...

My friend is currently away on holidays for a week or two and we'll talk when he returns.
I've offered to strip it and have a look which gives me the opportunity to do a little diagnosis myself. As...

I have a friend who is an engineer and has his own machine shop, machining is easy.
My son has a decent lathe and milling machine.

Finding an engine at a wreckers isn't so easy in Aus, we don't...

Thank You IdahoMtnSpyder (I'm guessing I know which state you live in, lol), handy information to know!

I have no intention of buying a Spyder in the near future as I don't know they are my kind...

It's a manual (SM5), not too sure on what you mean by not revving the engine enough or do you mean continually slipping the clutch when taking off?

He's an experienced rider, been riding for over...

Quick update, the oil analysis mob advertising as "local" are in fact 360 kilometres away (240 miles). They advertise as being local to the town I believe because we have mines and they probably fly...

Thank you everyone for the opinions and knowledgeable replies.

And a special thanks to Bfromla, that is very informative and somewhat like I'm sure I had read somewhere before!

Sadly, where my...

A close friend has a 2010 Spyder RT with the Rotax 998CC engine (called the 990 I believe) and during a regular service at a Western Sydney based dealership the mechanic detected brass shavings in...