Oh dear... Take these symptoms and...

Originally Posted by northwind

OK, now calmer Sorry about that! A long run up north turned into a limp-home-worrying-about-what's-gone-wrong, and my brain ran away with me a little.

So, I've sorted the oil leak- hopefully. I dropped out some oil while I was at it and though I couldn't smell petrol (and there was definately no water) it seemed thin- and after a couple of hours, it's no longer as thin. So, that suggests petrol. Now, I'll admit here that I might be making mountains out of molehills with the oil levels but that does bother me a bit. There's a bit of oil in the airbox but not enormous amounts.

Thing is, if it was a stuck float, that ought to be apparent at other times- the bike starts normally, and doesn't seem to have any performance issues at all apart from the very brief power loss I mentioned. And this is probably the most miles I've had from a tank of petrol in 2 years.

So... Still not sure what's going on. I'm going to carry on riding and see if anything else comes out of it, I do think it's possibly all in my head but then again, there's a few things pointing in vaguely similiar directions.

Assuming it does still go up, surely a man of or means will have another set of carbs to put on?

Originally Posted by northwind

So... Having had a bit of time to think, the most obvious conclusion for that does seem to be that I've screwed up, and that maybe the bike was at more of an angle than I thought when i filled the oil, and just overtopped it.

He,he. That's why I always use a spirit level to check before topping up the oil.

Anyway, glad it's not as bad as first feared Northy. Just a shame it messed up your GM recce.

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Would the oil level have been high enough for the crank to hit it? This would aerate the oil thinning it & increasing its volume.
When the oil settled after partial draining the air would gradually dissipate.

Hi Northy
I had a similar problem , oil leak from the front clinder breather hose.
Turned out the crash bung bolt had nipped the breather pipe and I had overfilled the sump.
The extra crancase pressure just found the path of least resistance, in your case with OK breathers maybe the clutch cover was the weakest link for overpressure leaks.
Hope thats all it was .
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