Update
 

Good news....

Spoke to the bike Doctor yesterday mornin'. Everything sounds like it's fine - he said all of my gaskets were in bad shape (dry, brittle), but we don't think they'd ever been replaced, so he's already got them all on order. But he said he does believe that's the reason behind the little oil leak, and doesn't see anything else that could be causing it.

Carbs are a mess; there's some valve he said is ALL gunked up, so he's got that torn apart and is working on cleaning everything out (which should reduce or eliminate that 'hiccup' she's got in first gear).

So it'll be a few more days (he thinks he had ordered the wrong spark plug gaskets, so he had to reorder those), but it sounds like she'll be coming home with a clean bill of health. If she does, then the next project is getting her some new skinz, and making her pretty.

sweet! I get mine back in... 148 or so days

You need a little ticker for your sig!! :D

well as soon as I nail down a specific date i'd planned on it... but I'm still trying to figure out when I wanna be home... I'm think'n I'll start my mid tour a little earlier than I'd originally planned (1Sep)... so probably like 24Aug... gives me a little more time before Indy to get my bike ready and shit straight.

Spark plug gaskets??? Did he order the radiator bearings as well? :lol:

:gtfo: Look, this was a super technical person talking to a WAYYYYYY non technical person. I never claimed to know thing one about working on my own bike-- that's what I have Chris and Jimmy for. :lol:

There was some gasket he was saying he thought he ordered wrong, and it was in the same sentence as spark plugs... WTF do I know? :dvrofl:

tell him you need also wanna upgrade from halogen headlight fluid to HID... he'll hook ya up

:dvrofl: I love that one... headlight fluid... nice... :lol:

Spark plug tube seals are what she is refering to.


However, we may have to look into the muffler bearings while we have it apart :dthumb: