hello,
i'm a new owner of a used 2000 r6. i recently bought a bike that was owned by previous US Marines. I'm the 4th marine to own it and it has neve rbeen dropped until now. I let my friend ride it and he had dropped it. The problem is that the gears will not shift into neutral or stay in first or second. The bike was dropped while the engine was running, but was not moving anywhere. It fell on to its left side.
Now my friend wants to buy the parts himself and fix it, to savce himself more money. However i dont know if i shoudl trust him with this task or not. He is knowledgable with tools, but not with bikes. What should i do? help him fix it by ourselves or send it to the shop? Feed back is greatly appreciated. Thanks
Mastasnyper

if he doesn't know bikes take it to the shop and make him foot the bill.
appreciating he wants to save some buck but it's got be done properly and I'm sure you would rather have it put back together to the highest standard.

And treat yourself to some R&G crash bungs...get them fitted at the same time :?

I have to agree, take it to a shop and have him pay the bill. He took the resposibility of riding the bike, so he should pay to have the damage fixed properly. A lot adjustments involved in fixing a clutch, not something he should attempt himself if he does not know about fixing bikes.

Hopefully a lesson learned on your part about letting others ride your bike. I have learned everyone claims to know how to ride. Either they have rode dirt bikes all their lives, mopeds, minibikes, always something. Does not mean they know how to ride a sportbike.

Also take Tallulah's advice, have sliders installed to protect from future mishaps, small price to protect against future costly damage.

You say that your friend is "knowledgable with tools", does that mean he owns tools or is he a mechanic? If he is a decent mechanic i.e. can tell when an alternator's bad and replace it, or timing belt, or clutch I would give him a shot. Most people that are mechanically inclined don't learned how to work on everything, we learn how to work on something and transfer that knowledge into other areas.

The only problem I have is with your description of the end result damage. You say that the bike fell over on the left side, the left hand side like the clutch lever side, but it wasn't moving (regardless of if it was running or not that shouldn't matter). But now you're having problems with shifting.

This could either be a simple fix in the footpeg assembly and shift rod or a complex fix if something is tweaked inside the trans. I doubt highly that it is clutch related since that is on the right side along with the adjust just below the oilpump cover (thats the side cover that looks like it could be opened with a huge flathead screwdriver)

When the bike went down, how long did it stay running on its side before it eitehr shut off or someone shut it off? Hopefully the tip-sensor did its job and killed the bike quickly, but if not you could be looking at a serious repair which would have to go someplace that has a press to tear down the trans.

If you need help with diagrams or incite on what might be wrong holler back.