Well, Trackday didn't happen for the Kerby, clutch was slipping when it was on the Dyno a couple of days ago, so the owner wanted to get that sorted first.
We did go though, and took his OHC 750 . . .
Perfect day for it, pity it had an oil leak that stopped play
Went out in the first session, and was impressed with how well it went.
I've never ridden it before, and hadn't been on track for a few years, so took it fairly gently (luckily).
First three laps were 'sighting' laps, following a staff member.
Just after he pulled off, I felt my left Boot slipping on the peg, looked down to see Oil all over it.
Pulled in to check it over.
Looked to be coming from the bottom of the gear-change cover, so we whipped it off and found the gasket was broken at the rear lower corner.
As we didn't have a spare, we refitted it with some blue Hylomar, wiped the oil off the rear tyre, and I went out again.
Kept an eye on it, and after four laps or so it was doing it again.
Pulled in and whipped the Crank cover off.
Gasket was fine, as was the surface of the Crankcase.
Then I looked at the inside of the Cover itself, and there was the cause.
It's not got an Alternator fitted, and the gap in the casing where there should be a rubber bung (where the loom passes through), was just empty, no wonder it leaked!
It's sitting in the workshop now, as in the pictures.
What a palaver getting the front wheel out, horrible design, having to remove the Caliper mounts is a real b**l-ache, any 'tips/tricks' for that?
Can you, for example, slot the top pivot mounts so the two bolts don't have to be removed, just loosened?
Cheers!
