2nd gear Oops

[bazman]

....but usually if caught early the gears can be recut and box is in effect better than new, if worn too far then replacement is required and the dollars jump ............. dramatically. So end cost is basically totally dependent on amount of new parts required ................ bent clutch forks ? Gears worn beyond repair ? Shift shafts bent ?
The longer it's left the worse it gets ................ both the problem and the cost

Max,

my (dearly departed) best mate had this same prob with 1st, 2nd and 3rd gears on his 750 (pop-up h/light) Katana. He really used to flog the absolute crap outta it, especially when stone-cold (not in any way suggesting that your prob has been caused the same way - I know your bike is your princess) and he left it a long time before he got round to assessing.....and by that time, like Pete says, the damage bill was !
A year or so later, the dealer that my mate originally bought it off that ALSO did ALL the repair work, wouldn't even take the bike as a trade-in, knowing all the punishment that my mate regularly gave it!

IMHO, try to get it checked out ASAP, to save yourself an even BIGGER repair bill later!

Pete.....very, very great advice, as usual!!!
(....i wish you were my big brother, Pete...coz then I'd have access to your wise words and know-how 24/7, 365)!