This is a real surprise but not a show stopper I'm thinking currently unless you guys know different... Looking at my bike today before I took off riding, I noticed that under the small tit (hehehe) on the cylinder head where the compression cable normally attaches, a crack has appeared ... Not cracked across the top where the valve cover gasket goes but all the way through the head at its' lowest point in the crack... That cable has never been on my bike and I'm not sure what the rub marks are on the bottom of the tit and over to the side of the compression release lever... I'm not sure whether to JB weld it or go to a shop for welding ... These guys should know how to weld cast metal here as they have to fix these types of materials because they can't purchase new and must make things last here ... But I have not asked yet ...They did remove a dent from my Ti pipe here very well a few months back for 300P ... ~$7 ... And that black goo around the compression release lever is gasket sealer ... it developed a leak so it gets gooed up now to stop the leak ...
yep but that area of the head does nothing but seal off the top of the head it appears ... No water jackets or anything else there as far as I can tell ... I can't see how it happened unless when I was on some ST on last ride, I dropped the bike over on something and it got hit ....
Looks like something definitely hit it judging by the marks underneath. You should be able to get it TIG welded.
I can remember laying the bike over on some big a$$ rocks on the last ST ride ... this must have happened then ...
Fixed ... When back to the same place that fixed my pipe , NCX Exhaust Systems, and got the same guy to Tig weld it back ... It was a little scary because the owner who speaks pretty good english and a former racer here, was sleeping and his workers are not so fluent with the english language ... They were on it quickly and finished quickly also ... Looks pretty good for horizontal (and some vertical) welding as he welded it with the bike standing straight up .. No leaks or issues yet .. Price 300P .. ~$7.00 Tomorrow ... A big ride for testing it ...
Look almost like a new you will be good for an other 350 hrs now, how many hours you have on her now? if i recall you have something like 350 hrs without any major overall so far.
NCX is only a few miles down the road, so I just cruised over and those guys are pretty hard-chargers so they jumped right on it ... I'm at 550 hrs now... I'm a real dual sport rider I guess ... With some track time tossed in ... maybe this weekend ... ... Carcar might be having a race and it is a cool track ....
Yep, and good service also ...Its' a no frills, no BS shop ... Labor costs here in most cases are too low and even some technical skills (as here) are very low on our scale... With that said, he actually made alot of money quickly for the Philippines.. Sounds like a good idea and if I had thought about it, that tit (hehehe) would have been left in the can before I left their shop ...
