I bought mine a few years ago and it was probably doing it then, I did put auto oil in when i changed the oil last, maybe it broke something loose? .. but at any rate, i noticed it a little last season and now this season as well, it may be the oil lines, i haven't looked into it that far, but I did change the starter with a rebuilt one at the start of the season last year and I didn't know if maybe I missed a gasket there... I couldn't find one on bike bandit tho, so I didn't really know. Thanks for the info, I'll check it out further on mine...
On May 13, 9:09 pm, James O'Gorman <[email protected]> wrote: > My 650 has some of that 'super putty' around where one of the oil lines goes > in the back of the engine (between cylinders1&2). I've never investigated as > to whether the banjo bolt, the line, or the block itself is what's cracked, > but it does 'weep' oil into the little galley next to the starter. It was > like that when I got the bike, and I just keep an eye on the oil level, and > try to wipe up in there from time to time. > > - James O'Gorman > > On May 13, 2011, at 7:46 PM, Dave wrote: > > > > > > > > > The valve cover seepage/leak doesn't bother me as much as the leak > > near the starter, but I'll def try retorqueing the cover to see about > > that leak, thanks for that suggestion > > > On May 13, 7:13 pm, "Allen Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Try re-torqueing the valve cover that might stop that leak since it isn't > >> under oil pressure. > >> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Dave <[email protected]> > > >> Sender: [email protected] > >> Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 15:45:51 > >> To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!<[email protected]> > >> Reply-To: [email protected] > >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] 86 700s oil leak > > >> my bike has developed an oil leak from what appears to be the back of > >> the starter, its not major, but its noticeable. I was looking at bike > >> bandit to try to find if there is a seal there or something, but I > >> can't seem to find one. Anyone else have this problem and now how to > >> fix it? Also, I have a small leak in the valve cover gasket. Any > >> idea on a price and where to buy on the cheap? I know the bike isn't > >> over oiled, I checked the dipstick and it was actually quite a bit > >> low, so I added some last week and haven't checked it since (I > >> probably should get on that!)... the bike gets a lot of high revs and > >> a lot of in-town running (3 mi in-town to work), and 100 mi+ runs on > >> the weekends. But anyways, anyone have any insight? Thanks. > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]. > >> For more options, visit this group > >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
