Great Surprise

Today I got a great surprise. I got a personal telephone call from Larry Burris offering to walk me through a repair on my 2007 ST1300. My bike has been the perfect bike up til a week ago. It has been a very cold and snowy winter here in Waynesville, NC so my bike has been sitting on the side stand for almost two months. Then last week I noticed a couple of drops of oil on the floor under my bike. I sent Larry a note asking what he thought that might be. He sent an email telling me to call. I told him I would have to wait a couple of days before I could get the ST to the basement garage where it was warm and where the tools were located plus I was on the way to my doctor to get some hide cut of plus my wife just had her second knee replacement in three months -- my plate was full at the moment. Well, we were walking back in the door when the phone rang and it was Larry. What a great guy.

Nice to see Larry is back helping us mere mortals.
Well done y'all.
Upt'North.

So what was the problem and the fix?

Larry is very generous with his time and knowledge!
Having met him I can attest to his generosity.
Way to help us out Larry!


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Larry is Da MAN...!!!!!

ToddC

Well, Larry recommended five different things with the idea that I did not have an oil leak but instead had a coolant leak. I followed Larry's recommendations as best I could. I started the bike and rode it around til I had the three bars on the temp gauge. I put the bike in a heated garage on the side stand for 24-hours with no leaks. I set it on the center stand for 24-hours with no leaks. I then took the bottom shrouds off and, using a flashlight checked all of the visible parts of the bottom half of the engine - both sides, the front, and what I could see of the back. The engine was surprisingly clean for 26,000 miles with no signs of any leaks. I checked the inside of the two bottom shroud pieces and found no moisture signs at all. So I decided it had to be a drip from the drain hose of the vapor canister. Tomorrow I am going to reinstall the plastic and act like no leak ever happened.