This is what it looked like. the plate was striped. I removed it and has been replaced. I bought this bike in november used with 9K + so i decided to do a 10k early good thing!!!. Looks like this may have happend just before the last owner sold it only because it had fresh oil in primery, engine and train maybe he figured patch it quick before a sale??? not sure!!! ran the bike out for a test run threw all the gears at diffrent speeds no slipping seems ok.