Okay, took her around a bit more today, probably a good hour on the road. Up to 70 this time, still smooth and strong. Apparently you can only get down to the end of the block once you've turned the fuel tap off... Ugh...
Couple questions:
1. My mediocre riding skills resulted in another stall at a light, this one in 3rd gear (wonder why it stalled...? ). Anyway, off to the side of the road, I tried to pull in the clutch and downshift to neutral to kick start, but it didn't seem to work. I had to leave the clutch out and roll it a bit to engage a gear (it seemed to be caught between gears or something) and then I was able to downshift. Am I doing something wrong? Normally, I would obviously downshift with the engine running and not have this issue, but is this normal gearbox behavior? Sorry, I hope this makes sense.
2. I'm still looking at some drops of oil under the primary case after a ride. This only happens immediately after a ride although I'm sure it's leaking on the road - but there isn't a large pool the next day or anything. I initially thought it was the big o-ring sealing the primary, but on closer look I think the oil is running down the back of the inner primary case. I don't think it's the wet sump issue and additional oil coming into the primary (but I could be wrong), because looking into the primary, the oil level doesn't look high. The clutch doesn't grab or slip either, seems to be functioning normally. The grommet on the alternator wire is hard and a bit loose and I'm sure that's leaking a bit, but the quantity and spread of oil coming down the back of the inner primary seems to be too much to be just from that one grommet... Any thoughts here? I'm going to take the cover off again anyway to deal with this grommet, and then I'll verify that the oil level is indeed correct. I used the level hole when filling it, and looking through the inspection hole it doesn't "look" high... But maybe I'm wrong. I don't know, was surprised it was still leaking I guess.
Couple questions:
1. My mediocre riding skills resulted in another stall at a light, this one in 3rd gear (wonder why it stalled...? ). Anyway, off to the side of the road, I tried to pull in the clutch and downshift to neutral to kick start, but it didn't seem to work. I had to leave the clutch out and roll it a bit to engage a gear (it seemed to be caught between gears or something) and then I was able to downshift. Am I doing something wrong? Normally, I would obviously downshift with the engine running and not have this issue, but is this normal gearbox behavior? Sorry, I hope this makes sense.
2. I'm still looking at some drops of oil under the primary case after a ride. This only happens immediately after a ride although I'm sure it's leaking on the road - but there isn't a large pool the next day or anything. I initially thought it was the big o-ring sealing the primary, but on closer look I think the oil is running down the back of the inner primary case. I don't think it's the wet sump issue and additional oil coming into the primary (but I could be wrong), because looking into the primary, the oil level doesn't look high. The clutch doesn't grab or slip either, seems to be functioning normally. The grommet on the alternator wire is hard and a bit loose and I'm sure that's leaking a bit, but the quantity and spread of oil coming down the back of the inner primary seems to be too much to be just from that one grommet... Any thoughts here? I'm going to take the cover off again anyway to deal with this grommet, and then I'll verify that the oil level is indeed correct. I used the level hole when filling it, and looking through the inspection hole it doesn't "look" high... But maybe I'm wrong. I don't know, was surprised it was still leaking I guess.