Brand new 449 with a broken Transmission

The new clerk in 4st has everyone's preferences memorized......

If he gets screwed ( bike fixed only ) the up side is the damage is in the tranny only . There is no where else for the shrapnel to go but the filters and the husky has a great filtering system.

I am curious to see what the "large parts of tranny" really are?? Something smells funny with this story. There have been ZERO transmission issues with 449s.

See if the dealer will install the wide ratio gears

I think there is more to the story...

No , there really not much more to the story.
i have been riding for over 41 years, and have been very fortunate to have owned a lot of bikes over the years , i have had some great bikes and some that had some problems right off the showroom floor.
This could have happened to anyone of us experienced or newby, 1 bike or many . my friend is an experienced BMW auto tech , in his mid 20's , who was purchasing his first new bike in number of years. but he is not new to riding by anymeans.
the thing we have to remember is no matter who we are or how much we make , it is not easy to lay out the money for a new bike in this economy . so here we have a guy who bought the brand we all like and support and want to succeed, he has it for a day and it takes a crap . I truly appreciate everyone support , and i hope that someone at husky or ktm wakes up and takes notice that we are still buying the bikes even with an unknow future, i do believe ktm will take care of us and our bikes . but we are still buying them and want to continue to buy them , and its not that easy to get new customers to buy into the product , so please take care of those of us that do.

Do they have buyers remorse laws in your state? I wouldn't take that bike back with a repaired trans.

I am very interested in seeing what exactly failed in the transmission. We raced the hell out of these engines and in extremely harsh conditions, not once did we ever break a clutch or transmission (excluding cranks & torque limiters). And like I said earlier, you cannot over fill this transmission with oil by normal means, it is a dry sump and won't hydra-lock.

I guess some folks are a lot more tolerant than I am. I'd be back at the dealer demanding a replacement bike if a new one I just bought from them a day prior failed like that. Even if they fix it, I would always be wondering "what next" and would never trust it again. Apparently Giuseppe and Giovanni had hangovers they day they built this one.

Put yourself in the dealers shoes. The guy says the transmission was overfilled from the factory and went unnoticed by the dealer. So then he drains some oil out. Now metal chunks are coming out.
I know he claims to be a BMW car tech but it is a new unfamiliar bike to him. Did he drain too much oil out?

If it were low oil, I'd be really surprised if it was the transmission that went first. I would expect the top end to go.

I wonder if the "bearings and other fragments" were actually from the transmission?

The dealer is the one who told him that parts came out, when the dealer changed it.. period. we will find out what came apart when they decide what they are doing with it ,

Ok , guys . looks like Husky is stepping up and giving my friend a new engine . bad news is its gonna take 2 weeks to get .
they tore the engine apart and it appears it was something with clutch basket bearing , not sure the whole story but seems like when the engine was assembled somebody at foctory decided it needed 2 bearings instead of one , in the space for 1 . not 100 % sure how that is , but thats what they told him , . it just seems to be 1 of those bizzar things , that never seems to happen but somehow did. i'll let you know how this progresses.

Hmm... That doesn't sound right, there is supposed to be two bearings there and one is a double caged bearing. Never the less, he will have a brand new engine and as long as he keeps 1150cc of oil in it, his engine will last a very long time.

Great News! For your friend, and all of us also.