Subject: Re: Oil Leak
Author: Zerhackermann .
Date: Jun 11, 2001, 12:12 PM
Post ID: 1707073307
A couple drops is normal. Anything more than a silver dollar sized mark and
I'd look at replacing the crankase vent valve. I just went ahead and placed
the ball check valve in the crankcase.
| From: Greg Dahlman <gr-@rm-rf.com> Reply-To: Loopfram-@topica.com To: Loopfram-@topica.com Subject: Re: Oil Leak Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 11:43:33 -0700 (PDT) ============================================================ Need to s-t-r-e-t-c-h your dollars? Get more bang for your buck with cool savings, hot deals, & free stuff. http://click.topica.com/caaacgFb1dfltb2c9oVa/TopOffers ============================================================ You may not want to take this very lightly. I use to have a few drips come out of the breather tube after long rides and discounted it as a normal thing. Well yesterday I was on a freeway on ramp just starting to come up to speed when the rear tire lost traction and slid to the left. These things always seem to happen in slow motion but it seemed like the throttle was slow coming down and by the time it did I was in sever risk of high siding if the tire had regained traction. I probably did the wrong thing and decided to apply more power so I would low side and the bike went down. I escaped with only a small amount of road rash on my belt line where my jacket road up but the bike has lots of issues now. After I crashed and looked back you could see a huge streak of oil before the crash happened. I'm not sure what went wrong but it appears to be coming from the small left hand tube. I really want to thank Frank who jump and gave up his time to help me try and find a way to get the bike home and please if you have an oil leak make sure there isn't an larger problem underneath. I'm not the worlds best rider but even with a good solid 10 years of riding experience this one happened a lot faster than I would have ever imagined A few pictures, Exxon would be proud http://www.boredom.org/~mongo/crash/MVC-009F.JPG The curb kinda hurts http://www.boredom.org/~mongo/crash/MVC-010F.JPG I can't even comment on this sad picture http://www.boredom.org/~mongo/crash/MVC-014F.JPG -Greg |
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