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Hi guys,
I just came back from a 6h ride this morning ( took advantage of the nice weather around Boston for a change , left at 7:30 came back around 1:30). All the cops where busy with the parades ... had some really good time out there BUT :
1)Yesterday a friend of mine helped me fixing the right fairing , and today I juste realized the left one started craking... needs fixing. (It's an 89 bike, dropped a couple of time from standing still...)
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2) After we put the right fairing back yesterday I didn't realized untill today but it looks like the right blinker doesn't blink any more. When I turn it on it stays on without blinking : Any suggestions ? I put the wires back of course. No idea where this could come from.
3) We did a compression test yesterday and I got about 175 psi from all 4 cylinders. Nice isn't it for an 89 Kat 600 with 16000 miles ? BUT There is an oil leak from the front left part of the engine. My friend said it must very likely be the head gasket ( the oil line isn't leaking). When I ride in town the leak is absent or at least tiny for I don't see it. But when I go riding a little faster/harder I get oil on the entire left side of the engine,my left boot and leather pant and preatty much eveywhere on the left side. (And it also smells like gas a little bit but I don't know if it's related).
So the question is :
Should I put something in the gas to remove the carbon deposit in the cylinders or to fix the leak ? You know they sell all these leak fixing in car shops... and/or carbon remover . How hard is it to fix a head gasket? I think the Kat is losing about 1/8 of a oil quarter for each day of hard riding ( 4-6 hours of riding at 50-60 miles per hour ....). The performance doesn't look like it's affected, it's just messy !
And now that I keep complayning last but not least : I also lost a fairing screw I'll put this one back though.
I hope you had fun too today,
Thank for the advices,
W.
I just came back from a 6h ride this morning ( took advantage of the nice weather around Boston for a change , left at 7:30 came back around 1:30). All the cops where busy with the parades ... had some really good time out there BUT :
1)Yesterday a friend of mine helped me fixing the right fairing , and today I juste realized the left one started craking... needs fixing. (It's an 89 bike, dropped a couple of time from standing still...)
( 2) After we put the right fairing back yesterday I didn't realized untill today but it looks like the right blinker doesn't blink any more. When I turn it on it stays on without blinking : Any suggestions ? I put the wires back of course. No idea where this could come from.
3) We did a compression test yesterday and I got about 175 psi from all 4 cylinders. Nice isn't it for an 89 Kat 600 with 16000 miles ? BUT There is an oil leak from the front left part of the engine. My friend said it must very likely be the head gasket ( the oil line isn't leaking). When I ride in town the leak is absent or at least tiny for I don't see it. But when I go riding a little faster/harder I get oil on the entire left side of the engine,my left boot and leather pant and preatty much eveywhere on the left side. (And it also smells like gas a little bit but I don't know if it's related).
So the question is :
Should I put something in the gas to remove the carbon deposit in the cylinders or to fix the leak ? You know they sell all these leak fixing in car shops... and/or carbon remover . How hard is it to fix a head gasket? I think the Kat is losing about 1/8 of a oil quarter for each day of hard riding ( 4-6 hours of riding at 50-60 miles per hour ....). The performance doesn't look like it's affected, it's just messy !
And now that I keep complayning last but not least : I also lost a fairing screw
I'll put this one back though. I hope you had fun too today,
Thank for the advices,
W.
I'm in deep s**t !
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