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Gixxer86g
Posted on Friday, July 27, 2012 - 08:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My base gaskets started leaking slightly after I put about 500 miles on my 99 X1. I got it last Nov with only 6800 miles on it, so I'm not surprised about the leaks.

However, over the last few hundred miles the leaks got worse. It seems to have leveled out, so to speak, but my concern is this soemthing that can wait until the winter, or should they be replaced immediately?
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Blks1l
Posted on Friday, July 27, 2012 - 10:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Let it go for now more of an inconvenience issue then anything, except for it making things messy.
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Ratbuell
Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 10:10 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Keep an eye on your oil level, and keep riding.
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Hybridmomentspass
Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 11:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

replacing base gasket myself currently (after just putting it all back together after a rebuild, had a very small leak on rear cylinder)
Its not that bad, dive into it and fix it
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Gixxer86g
Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 04:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I'm planning on doing the 1250 kit when I do this.
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Gixxer86g
Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 06:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Also, I rent and don't have a garage to do this in. I'm confident I can do anything myself with the right tools. Is this something I can tackle in the driveway in one day, or should I farm it out.
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Buellistic
Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 07:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

This is a forgotten OLD SCHOOL way of changing the base gaskets ...

Pull the cylinder up just past the wrist pin, remove the clip and wrist pin leaving the pistons in each cylinder ...
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Ratbuell
Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 09:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

One day?

How big's the door to the living room?

: )
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01x1buell
Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 09:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

i agree , i redid my whole bike inside this past winter, it did not fit in the door with the handle bars on but i got it in.
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Hybridmomentspass
Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 11:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

buellistic - thats how we're doing it : )
no need for new rings etc
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Oldog
Posted on Sunday, July 29, 2012 - 12:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Imo not a driveway job, check local renta warehouses, I had a space for a couple of years, not convenient but dry , you can lock it and be sure to insure it,
check with the managers before you rent some places dont allow work on site, others do, I had access to 120vAC by drop cord, potty on site, and it kept me from a lot of
drive way projects at the apartment that I lived at.

insure it for total value of bike and tools in case of theft.
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Buckley
Posted on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 06:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

It can be done in a day if your willing to really put in the hours. Did mine earlier this season in my parking slab. Just a word of advice, use new rockerbox bolts when you so it. Mine got fatigued from taking the rockerbox on and off and snapped once. Wound up having to drill and helicoil. Might as well replace the pushrod guide seals and other gaskets while in there too.
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