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Finally! Someone who gets it. I've beat this subject to death (I had hoped) previously, but to sum things up: you're exactly correct. I'ts got PLENTY of lube where it counts.

Recently, my '04 has begun to exhibit a very strange noise. Only when it's still cold in the mornings and only upon decelleration, it makes a sound that's very similar to a beer tab flopping around in a plastic box.....sorry, but that's the best way to describe it. Again, it only happens...

Err, that was the shaft as it was removed from the output of the transmission. I asked Yamaha about this and they said it was correct: only about that much of the shaft engages the output of the transmission. That is what surprised me - not the amount of lube.

Yeah, I was out of the country for quite a while and we just had a baby, so.... It WAS late in '04, tho! :D

Yeah, but that 1/4" is the only part of the driveshaft that's being engaged. Knowing that, it's got plenty of grease... That's what was the bigger surprise to me: that so little of the driveshaft was engaged.

I've heard much of the fears concerning the lack of drive line lubrication on these bikes, so I decided to check mine: an '04 w/about 5K miles. First, the diff gears: Those are OK, so onto the wheel: All looks very, very good there. I had quite a bit of concern after hearing stories of...