Went on a little ride with a buddy; about an hour and a half out of town and back. On the way back I noticed what seemed like a very, very distant whine-type sound coming from the bike, it became real noticeable around 80 MPH, but could get it to slightly increase in volume as speed increased. At first I thought it was a whistle in my helmet, or off the fairing. While in 6th and attempting to downshift to 5th, I'd sometimes have to click-down twice in succession to actually get into 5th. Otherwise, it would stay in 6th. When we finally got off the freeway and mentioned it to my friend who said he noticed the sound too.

We ride about 3 blocks, I can get the faint whine-sound to happen at lower speeds; 40-45 MPH. No shifting issues or anything. We hit a stoplight, and when it turns green, I release the clutch, bike rolls forward a few inches and it just locks up. The whole bike just squats down and halts. Engine didn't stutter, or act weird - just, clutch out, clutch/transmission locks up and prevents any rolling forward whatsoever.

Pull in the clutch and push the bike onto the sidewalk, shut it off, scratch my head, we kick around thoughts on it, etc. Start it up, and everything seems OK. Manage to get it to my neighborhood, it makes a clank noise on the way, then another as I pull into the neighborhood.

When I get to my street I shut the bike off at about 30 MPH and coast home in Neutral. Almost immediately after going into neutral the clanking becomes more frequent - then it's constant as I roll into my driveway. Pulling in the clutch did nothing to stop the clanking.