Not a great way to start your day off...

[comingbackdown]

So the other day, after a couple days absent from riding, I'm walking through the garage and what do I see beneath the bike...

Forgive the Adrive links as I can't access photobucket at the moment.

http://www.adrive.com/public/CmjADd/IMG_20150526_012132.jpg

Well, that's not good. So tonight I go out there to ascertain the origins of the leak in Lady's bucket. I almost wish I hadn't, since now I get to replace more stuff.

 

I kick her up on the center stand and crawl under, and... Well, crap.

http://www.adrive.com/public/e8guDM/IMG_20150526_012047.jpg

Yep, that's coolant running down that hose. So now I have to figure out how to drain the system and replace it. Just a trickle, so my guess is it's expanding under the heat and pressure and blowing out. Temp readings have been normal, so I'll have to see how much I've lost after I replace the hose.

 

Then I start looking for an oil leak. At first I suspected the drain for the air box, but when that happened before it was far less oil and farther forward. I see the filter cover is oily, but it got soaked when I changed the filter so I'm not quite sure if there's any leak there or not but I don't believe so. I cannot see any other sign of an oil leak, until I see this:

http://www.adrive.com/public/3r6DWY/IMG_20150526_012118.jpg

 

Now that doggone drain plug was bone dry when I put it back and I torqued it and the filter cover to spec. I'm guessing that might be my leak, but aside from taking it for a ride and staring at it for an hour once I'm back, I'm short on ways to prove it. I'm also really lost as to why a drain plug torqued to spec with good threads would be leaking oil... or what I'd do to fix that issue. Bike week is coming up, and I really don't want to have to strap her into the bed of my truck for maintenance day either.

 

Any suggestions or anything I'm missing?

[Droneh8tr]

I would give it a very good degreasing and scrubbing. Do a slow drive around the neighborhood to slosh the oil around inside the engine. Bring it home and put it on the sidestand and start looking for where its wet. I say a slow drive so the leak isn't spread by the air while riding.. Do you think you could still ride it and just keep oil handy for Bike Week?

You might also consider putting a dye in the oil to help find the leak.

[Wizard765]

The drain plug should have a crush washer and it could be missing or bad..

[comingbackdown]

The manual made no mention of a crush washer. That was my issue. There wasn't one on there when I took it out. Now I think about it having solved the issue, it was probably over torqued to stop the leak sans washer. I didn't think that felt like thirty some pound feet. Found a molded replacement for the hose as well. Bigger id but she's holding.