Mine is not now so bad. When I got the bike, my left boot was never gonna let water
Then I had the rocker box off, to find it had odd thickness gaskets on the exhaust boxes... Sorted that, and still had a leak from the rocker box banjos, then found out that there is only supposed to be a fibre washer there, and NOT a copper one on the tapered side!
Then, the rubber coupling in the rocker box feedline was leaking, as the jubilee clip had failed.
In my ignorance, (I misunderstood the Haynes manual), I put "rather a lot" of oil in the primary chaincase. The bottom chain run was covered! Wondered why finding neutral was difficult! (And the leaks were now "legendary"!!!)
Then, the speedo drive was leaking. A small "O" ring where the cable joins to the gearbox solved most of it, but in the end, I had to put some heatshrink tubing over the plastic outer of the cable, to seal it to the metal ferrule. That seems to have worked.
The gearbox cover was leaking. I had taken it off to check the clutch adjustment, and replaced it as found. So I caused that leak! The previous owner had not used a gasket, but had used silicone sealer. I made one... From gasket material, and that works fine.
I lost very little oil on the last run, but that was for around 15 miles, a lot of which was at 20mph down country lanes. As per my first post, it seems the magneto is leaking. I need to check the timing anyhow, as it often "kicks back" on starting, although using the "kill" button momentarily as I kick it, I usually get it to start first time
(Before I relearned that trick, my ankle hurt for several weeks!!!
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6 leaks, (two self inflicted!) 1 to go...
Thanks for the help, it is appreciated. I have a lot to learn. (And relearn!). Fortunately, electrics is my game, so I am not expecting too many difficulties there.
BTW Wortluck, my Ford Sierra has something in common... At 28 years old, it isn't going rusty either! (I drove it to Monaco once, there and back, 10 litres of oil!).
Regards,
Stan.