Last November I did a valve check @ 23,000 miles & all was well.
Buttoned everything up & put the bike away for the winter.
First ride this spring I got a burning oil smell all day,,,but thought it was just some residual oil, that seeped out from the valve check. 2nd & third rides, the smell got worse.
I then see the front left valve cover leaking at the corner. After pulling the fairing, I put a small socket wrench on the 3 valve cover bolts....sure enough, none were tight. Tightened them 1/2 a turn & the problem is solved!
Even though I try to check my work twice, little things like this occasionally happen. :
Buttoned everything up & put the bike away for the winter.
First ride this spring I got a burning oil smell all day,,,but thought it was just some residual oil, that seeped out from the valve check. 2nd & third rides, the smell got worse.
I then see the front left valve cover leaking at the corner. After pulling the fairing, I put a small socket wrench on the 3 valve cover bolts....sure enough, none were tight. Tightened them 1/2 a turn & the problem is solved!
Even though I try to check my work twice, little things like this occasionally happen. :