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Sorry for the delayed reply, Work has kept me far too busy. On the popping, it's not a major issue at this time but well worth a look once i start polishing the bike up. ( Only happens randomly when I twist and let off the throttle quickly) Back to the original issue of the smoke, I'm going to follow all reasonable advice i can. I may not SEE any oil or gunk, but running some denatured alcohol and giving it a good clean wont hurt. If it solves, all the better. If not, I've got a quote for around 300ish for getting the rear head cover gasket replaced on it. I figured I'll have them do it when i have them put on new rubbers on front and back.

So head cover gasket AND rubber bushings/donuts likely needing to be replaced. Gotcha. I'll try to take a video tomorrow afternoon to give a bit better of a view to double check. Thanks for the info.

I've recently bought my second bike. ( never got to ride the first one... long story ) It's a 2005 Royal Star. I went through the carbs and still had an issue so I had a shop soak and put in new jets. Now it runs like a champ ( minor popping but possibly from old crud still running through system, or so I hope ). But since I've had it, it has smoked, originally I thought it was due to running rich or a carb issue, but now that I have gotten all of that sorted, it's still a concern. I'll put a picture up of where I'm seeing smoke coming from and try to explain it as best as I can. I originally thought it was some oil/crud burning off of the pipe, but we are way past that time range and should have burn off by now 10 times over. So checking further it still seems to be coming from the same area, and I'm thinking it's the head cover gasket needing to be replaced or ??? But before I have someone or try to tackle it myself, I wanted to get input from the experts who have experience with similar rides. It seems to be smoking from the red circle area, but I have not been able to determine the exact point, and I do not see any oil or other spills in the area. This is happening on BOTH sides at the same area. Any insight is appreciated.