[SpudRider]

Originally Posted by Juanro

This happened recently to a fellow RX3 rider here in Argentina and it triggered a mild paranoia about plastic gears.

Thanks for sharing the information from Argentina, Juanro.

I am inclined to believe that particular plastic gear was defective. It is very common for motorcycle manufacturers to use plastic gears to drive the oil pump. Failures of this kind must be very rare; this is the first time I have personally heard of such a failure.