Hi again, probably in the wrong place here but how do I send a pic of the bike to you. cheers,, kenny

Kenny,

There are two 'common' reasons for oil seepage round the head.

First one you can get at relatively easily at the side of the road.  Tank off, cylinder head chrome side covers off, and you can see the inspection covers for the valve clearance adjustment.  Take the cover off if it looks like where the oil is coming from , clean up the rubber seal and add a little gasket sealant to be sure before refitting it.  That might do it.  (Taking the tank off can be very awkward clearing the fuel tap past the frame rails - on some bikes you need to drain the tank and take the tap off).

It could also be coming from the plug that sits inside the head cover above the front right cylinder head bolt.  You can see that bolt by looking into a gap in the head casting just next to where the header pipe goes into the head - you might be able to tell if that's where the oil is coming from.  The head cover has to come off to fix this (either with new plug or sealant round the old one).  Still achieveable at the side of the road with a small socket set and handful of spanners, but a lot more to take apart and a brave thing to undertake away from workshop with somewhere to put/clean all the bits - the head cover is held on by about 16 or 18 fasteners all of different lengths, and needs to be sealed with a smear of liquid gasket.

Could be the head cover to head seal itself, or the head gasket, but the first two are the most likely.

If it's just a slow seep and you keep topping up, the only thing to worry about on the trip back is oily trousers.

(To put up a picture, join a website like www.photobucket.com, upload your pictures there, then cut and paste a link to the picture in your thread).

It would be very brave to undertake the head plug replacement by the side of the road.  But if you have to... do it in front of the suzuki shop as you're very likely to twist off a bolt and need to get a replacement.  

But you might check the torque of head cover bolts.  I R&R'd mine, and one of them leaked.  Perhaps because the sealant settled.  Couldn't cause I missed torqueing it down.    

As said watch your oil level and ride.  

Hi to you all over, I'm back again, sorry for not acknowledging your replies but I was called away and have just finished a 16 day trip at sea, as I was working on a ship out of Oban which is away south of the island of lewis I took my van with me and when the trip was over I just carried on from Oban and drove down to etham in London met David Ward (one of nature's finest gentlemen) whom I bought the bike from and put it in the van and drove home 13478miles round trip, just come back from a 40 mile run and she's perfect cant make out any oil seepage theres nothing to bother about.thanks to Verslagen1...Reelthing...Photojoe...Kwaknut...Mpescatori...for exclent advice. It's fantastic knowing that if I have any problems there's a grand bunch of lads and lassies on this site willing to help, yous are all just a treasure, THANK YOU,,kenny

So could this possibly drip from right under the kick stand area? That is the only place I ever have any oil at all. It will leave a few drops in the garage and is wet only on that bottom bolt near the kick stand. I have checked to make sure all the case bolts and any bolts are tight and they are. Did that make any sense??

I checked those bolts today and they were so so. I tightened them down a lot more though so I hope now it will stop having 2 drips under it. I also noticed I was way down on the oil level but never enough leaks to be able to lose that much. I think it was from when I was running WAY WAY WAY too lean and it was getting so hot it would evaporate the oil. Does that sound about right? I put in a 55 pilot and a 155 main, and adjusted the needle with 3 smaller washers. I feel I might be a little too rich in a few spots now. I don't know that much about this stuff yet.