Posted by Jeff Trueman on June 05, 2003 at 16:41:03:
Sold my Harley in 1967 to help finance college. Got married. Had kids. Waited a LOOOONG time until they were all safely on their own. Now I've gotten permission from the wife to go back to two wheels (motorized). Thought I'd start conservative, so I found a decent, used '96 Savage with 28,000 kilometers. I'm not sure how well it's been taken care of, but it runs fine and I'm happy with it. In fact, I may just stick with it. It does everything I want a bike to do. My problem? The Oil Leak...or is it? I'm saying that the head gasket leaks. Oil slowly leeches out from that part of the motor and, over a period of several hundred k's stains part of the head fins. Do I need to replace the head-gasket? Is it as simple as that...or are we looking at spookey stuff here? Just looking for some advice. Thanks! JEFF