should be noted that directions and locations are from the viewpoint of the seated rider.

Hence that should be referred to as right side.

No, there is no shortcut to a permanent fix.
The problem is access, even if you pull off the header, you'd have to train a rat to stuff packing in around the plug from the bottom.  And whatever packing you use has to be high temp sh!t to last or turn your bike into a Molotov cocktail.

How many miles on it? If you havent had to change the cam chain yet, just wait. Youll be right there & ready to lay hands on it when its time.
If ya dont have a Versy, get one, read up on "the fix" for that leak, get all the stuff ready, then, when its time, wade off in it,
FWIW, I never touched the head bolts on mine, sold it at 20,000 miles, never a leak up top. Ive never owned anything that required I re-torque head bolts. & that the book calls for it, over & over? WHY??

If youve got that kinda $$, do it! Put that engine on the bench, open it up, have the cylinder bored & treated, do some porting, get a carb & build it up. Put that bike on a diet, peel some pounds off it, & have ya a hot rod 650.

Dave wrote on 04/24/14 at 13:07:45:


Yup!!!!

& youll be RIGHT there when youre doin the cam chain,, If its got 15,000 on it,, its close enough to time,,
Row, does the cam hafta come out? Can he just slap a Versy in?

OK I went ahead and took the leap and bought red high heat gasket and used a chop stick for a spatula and gooped it onto the end and carefully spaculed it onto the upper area where the cap is. I have an old engine with the head off and used it to understand where everything was before doing so, but to make it simple it is a nickle sized round area right above the nut in that crevice. Anyway it WORKED!!! I used to have a small puddle after riding on my clutch casing and now it is dry as a bone. I used a paper towel on the end of something to carfully wipe what I could out of there then used carb and choke cleaner to get the rest out I then immidiatly sprayed it out with the hose because you dont want to leave carb and choke cleaner on that stuf for any time at all. It was pretty cleaned out after that then I used about 3-4 small round globs on the end of the chop stick (Thats 3-4 different times not at once) and scraped up ward cleaning off excess where I could in the opening. I have had some pretty heavy rides thus far and it is working great. I figured even if it is temporary I can clean it all up when I do replace the cam chain or whatever but it works great for now believe me this leak was a nucence when it was there so hpfully this will help someone else. I would not suggest this as a permanent solution but I will keep up with this thread if at any time it does decide to fight back and start leaking again.

wickedbiker wrote on 04/28/14 at 05:04:32:


Can you post a picture?