So, after about 15 minutes of my 25 minute ride with my father and his friend (father has an R1, his friend has a Harley), I look down on my 02' 600 Katana and see my left shoe has some oil on it...... so i look at the left side of my bike... I see oil down the side of it. Not much, but enough to notice and enough to spray onto my shoe. It was only on the left side fairing, from the bottom opening in it. Get home, take off the side fairing, we see where the gasket is and it seems that the oil came from there. Above it was clean, so our analysis is head gasket. I'm new to bikes but somewhat familiar with motors, so I figured some of you could chime in. Pictures are worth a thousand words, so here you go. I downsized them, but left them at 800x600 so you could still see detail.
Also, I forgot to mention that the crank case cover damage in the first picture was done by the previous owner, not me.
Please help, thanks.
Also, I forgot to mention that the crank case cover damage in the first picture was done by the previous owner, not me.
Please help, thanks.
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