1 K100RS Final drive breather Fri Jul 03, 2020 5:45 am
GeoffP63
active member
Greetings,
A very strange thing happened today that I'm going to put down as a glitch in the Matrix, disturbance in the force etc etc.
I pulled the cover off the bike to find gear oil had leaked from the breather outlet on the top of the final drive.
It had dripped down the final drive over the speed sensor and onto the tyre and rim.
I did some research and found many others that experienced a similar issue but in most cases, no plausible explanation.
Most say it happened once after many years of riding and then never again.
In my case;
The bike has NOT been on the road for 12 months
FD has the correct amount of gear oil (as per manual)
Rear wheel has only been rotated by hand (rarely)
It is undercover on centre stand
Outside temp has not been above 17C/62F for weeks
Weird.....
Anyone else heard or experience this?
Regards,
Geoff
A very strange thing happened today that I'm going to put down as a glitch in the Matrix, disturbance in the force etc etc.
I pulled the cover off the bike to find gear oil had leaked from the breather outlet on the top of the final drive.
It had dripped down the final drive over the speed sensor and onto the tyre and rim.
I did some research and found many others that experienced a similar issue but in most cases, no plausible explanation.
Most say it happened once after many years of riding and then never again.
In my case;
The bike has NOT been on the road for 12 months
FD has the correct amount of gear oil (as per manual)
Rear wheel has only been rotated by hand (rarely)
It is undercover on centre stand
Outside temp has not been above 17C/62F for weeks
Weird.....
Anyone else heard or experience this?
Regards,
Geoff
Last edited by GeoffP63 on Sun Jul 05, 2020 10:28 pm; edited 1 time in total
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1985 K100RS
50,000 Ks