Was out for a ride today, bike running fine but when I got home I see this;
Not looking good, I assume it is the head gasket that's leaking as the coolant appears to run down from there (doubt it's running up from cylinder base gasket). I can't see it leaking when I run it so presumably it only does it under pressure/heat and the coolant level doesn't seem to have dropped so it's not run dry or anything.
So I'm guessing just the gasket so I need to replace that, never had the heads off before so don't have any special tools that I would need (to get at head bolts) so probably going to be a shop job, any idea what sort of labour is involved, also parts needed. If it was winter time I'd be tempted to strip down further for some 'preventative maintenance' (or maybe some blueprinting etc) but for now I just want to get back to being able to ride.
Oh and whilst I was looking I found a fuel leak, looks like the fuel hose is leaking at from the crimped end at front of the (rear) cylinder - two problems for the price of one! but at least I can fix this one easily though, I suppose 10 year old fuel hoses owe me nothing.
Back to the gasket, If I do the job myself, I presume I can get the head off without removing the engine?
Not looking good, I assume it is the head gasket that's leaking as the coolant appears to run down from there (doubt it's running up from cylinder base gasket). I can't see it leaking when I run it so presumably it only does it under pressure/heat and the coolant level doesn't seem to have dropped so it's not run dry or anything.
So I'm guessing just the gasket so I need to replace that, never had the heads off before so don't have any special tools that I would need (to get at head bolts) so probably going to be a shop job, any idea what sort of labour is involved, also parts needed. If it was winter time I'd be tempted to strip down further for some 'preventative maintenance' (or maybe some blueprinting etc) but for now I just want to get back to being able to ride.
Oh and whilst I was looking I found a fuel leak, looks like the fuel hose is leaking at from the crimped end at front of the (rear) cylinder - two problems for the price of one! but at least I can fix this one easily though, I suppose 10 year old fuel hoses owe me nothing.
Back to the gasket, If I do the job myself, I presume I can get the head off without removing the engine?