Thanks to a "ruined weekend" we have you back after several months. Good to see you again, and glad that your work is awarded with success. And to see again images of beautiful countryside Portugal... Being able to repair a mechanical blunder in any workshop is a rather important part of adv. That´s where second thoughts and distrust of advanced electronically-controlled bikes comes into play in my mind.

Good job Stuart helping Diogo learn this before I arrive with my crew of wreckers. I almost cry watching this, Stu, I could see Shem, you, known trails. It’s beautiful.

Good to see you back! Glad the tours and training are going well. I loved this video. Great to see you working on the bike.

A cilindrical aluminium bushing between the gear lever and the engine block ( with clearance for the oil seal ) should be easy to make, and avoid that to happen again.

Good to have you back with this wonderful sense of humor Diogo! See you soon!

I suspect Itchy Boots will need this video at some point in the near future.

Great to have another video from you repairing a motorcycle is part of riding a motorcycle. Thanks 👍

Nice use of the Tuareg word "Shenanigan" not many people speak it as fluently as you!!!!!!!! 😂😂👍

Thanks for the video , had a head on crash and I am reparing the bike and needed a tutorial 😂

Good to have you back with a “real” video. Thanks. Les in UK

In my crf250L I installed a Terrex crash bar at least it would protect the from hitting the delicate the shifting gears pedal or the foot brake pedal or a direct hit to the engine with an aluminum radiator guard added.

It's absurd how easily these break. It's bad enough that any overnight camping trip you almost need to bring a spare.

Common problem, I haven’t seen any on all the fb groups and forums on CRFL

Love your humour, as always!

I hope you are doing well Diogo. Busy healthy and having fun.

Great team! Top!

Thanks Diogo, It was wery useful!

Itchy Boots needs to watch this

Excellent !!! Merci !!!😊

Order directly from Thailand. I found a company that sells that part for under €20.

Great stuff, good video. I had this happen... I did learn one very important thing. If this happens out on the trail, definitely remove the gear ⚙️ shift leaver.... because, if say it's stuck in 2nd, you can still ride the bike.. if you don't remove the shift leaver it will get a knock of some kind and shift to a higher gear.. it can hit something like a rock or a bank , anything, you can accidentally bump it . So if this happens all of a sudden, the bike is unintentionally in 3rd 4th or 5th gear.. no way can you get home in this case, you'll burn the clutch out for sure.. as I did 😅😅.. .. rider well !!

Top job bud 👍🏻

Fun duo! I assume that's a rather common design not unique to Honda...? Surprised I haven't seen this before, and usually it's limited to the lever itself.

Such gorgeous scenery. I enjoyed similar trails on a rented bicycle a couple weeks ago, but not such gnarly trails, and it was a lot more working getting up and down them! Was it a linear hit parallel to the shaft (perpendicular to the plane of the bike) that bent that side hook on the clutch plate, or some kind of rotational hit as well, or a bending moment perpendicular to the shaft?

Saw this on Vegas Romaniac too. It might have been nice if they could've put the bendy part on the exterior.

Trust Stuart to break your bike Diogo. What did you call him, a half wit? 😂😂

Hopefully, see you soon (but next week soon kinda) :D

You did that video to show us your new jacket? 😀

Bom, no final das contas ainda saiu barato...!!! Mas de certa forma acho uma pena que uma moto destinada ao off-road (ou trail) possa sofrer de um problema como esse. A Honda deveria contar com quedas que resulte numa carga axial no pedal de marchas...O que não deveria acontecer é que depois de uma queda leva o cambio fique travado (stuck). Enfim, espero que tenhas conseguido descobrir novas trilhas...Cedo ou tarde vou me inscrever em uma de tuas Tours em Portugal...!!! Abraços...!

Estás aqui estás a fazer dupla com o João no Dakar

Can we propose John to wear some over clothes underware an a cape, with a big J on the chest?

Hi, would different after market pedal help to avoid this? Some softer material?

Do you have any footage of the right crank case cover reinstall? The clutch lever doesn't feel right when I put the crank case in position. Can anyone help?

Nunca tinha ouvido falar nesse acontecimento, tenho me safado, inclusivamente já dei uma queda e destruí alavanca de velocidades, mas nada disso aconteceu, tive sorte.

This is getting to be common on a CRF...

It's pretty bothering defect of the Honda, a simple over rotation of the selector (so strong that it remains intact) bends the fingers (or crooks) of the spindle. I imagine that in the middle of nowhere at 60 km from the next civilized place. It does not promise a great long term reliability, I'm afraid of the wear of the fingers, maybe I'm wrong. Happily the Honda engineers decided to use soft steel for donkey's shoes so the selection drum is not destroyed, probable they knew that will happen and used the spindle as fuse. The accountants at the same time saved a few cents on the heat treatment of the part after saving a max on the wages, as the Honda CRF 250 and 300 are made in Vietnam where the minimal monthly wage varies following the regions 140 to 202 US$, but the CRF 300 L is sold in France around 6000 € , 6400 US$, not specially cheap... Meantime Voge makes the 300 Rally in China where the minimal monthly wage in Shanghai is 400 US$ and sells it in France at 4600 €... Coming back to this pretty bothering defect, probably there are several solutions, I see immediately two, probably able to work, which can be done DIY rather low cost. And Fantic strikes again with a 250 "leisure" enduro, trail legal Euro 5 with lights and so on. You can go to work in town with. 2023 FANTIC XEF 250 TRAIL 6400 euros including start fees AND 104 KG DRY, 116 kg wet if the specs are not a big lie. Made in Italy with people earning decent wages, having medical social security, and retirement by an Italian company paying its taxes in Italy. 20 years ago when I was able to ride TT I would have killed to get such suspensions. A so called trail that looks more like an enduro tool. Make a search and look at the pics. Addendum There are some pics www.gumtree.com/p/fantic-motorbikes/fantic-motor-xef-250-trail-enduro-2023-competion-new-model-italian-built-%C2%A35199/1371120240 The engine seems to be the Zongchen NC 250.