I found a great corned beef sandwich in downtown Pittsburgh. This has
nothing to do with your motorcycle, I just wanted to add that.


-Kyle

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 10:11 AM, <burges...@svsd.net> wrote:

> I'm just north of Pittsburgh.  For anyone who is around here, West Hills
> Honda has a mechanic named Bill Giles.  Great guy.  He is willing to and
> knowledgeable about fixing older bikes, thank God!  I'll stop by and see
> him as soon as I can.  The weather here has been abnormally mild this
> winter and I've ridden quite a bit since I picked up this bike at the
> beginning of Dec., but wouldn't you know, it just got lousy right now.
> They're calling for 3-5 inches of snow today.
>
> On Monday, February 8, 2016 at 12:16:43 PM UTC-5, burg...@svsd.net wrote:
>
>> Ok, so let me preface this by saying that I'm the furthest thing from a
>> mechanic.  I can drive the bike, put gas in it, check tire pressure and
>> other very basic things, but that's about it.
>>
>> I noticed that I have a very slight oil leak somewhere, but I can't tell
>> where its originating.  What I'm seeing is a fine coating of oil on the
>> center stand after it's been in the up position and along the top of the
>> left hand exhaust pipe.  Its not pouring out, but I do get like one or
>> two drops on the ground after a ride and the things I mention a coated
>> slightly with oil.  Oddly enough when the bike sits there is no oil leak,
>> only when it has been running.
>>
>> I thought it might have been the master cylinder, but I checked the
>> reservoir and it's full.
>>
>> I can't have lost too much because the dip stick is still showing almost
>> full.
>>
>> I had the oil changed in early Dec. and I've ridden about 800 miles since
>> then, so I don't think it can be that the mechanic overfilled the oil
>> because I just started noticing this about two weeks ago and I think I
>> would have seen it right away if that had been the case.
>>
>> I realize it could be a multitude of things and obviously I'm going to
>> need to get it looked at when weather permits.  Its supposed to snow all
>> this week, figures.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>> Thanks,
>> Vince
>>
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