I had a stuck float in one of the carbs so I removed the carbs and took everything apart, cleaned, and reassembled. That solved the fuel leak issue.
Just changed my oil a moment ago and must say there was a significant amount of fuel in there, the oil absolutely stunk of it and I could see the fuel floating on the surface.
I changed the guage cluster earlier and swapped in a Koso Rx2 and the new RPM display reads up to 15000, the original cluster only reads up to 13000 and 11500 is redline.
Not sure how the new RPM display relates to the bikes actual rpm output but in 6th I'm usually up to about 75mph, by 90mph I'm at or a little over 11000rpm and then the clutch let's go and the needle rpm needle maxes out.
Maybe the friction plates are getting weak, not sure, don't want to dig in there if I don't have to you know what I mean?
If you had that much fuel in the crankcase, I would take the bike out for a 100 mile ride and change it again just to be sure nothing was left behind. If you really want to get fussy about it, look up how to use seafoam in the crank case. I did it for a bike that sat for a while and after 50 miles the brand new oil was bitch black.
I dont think Ive owned a bike, there was no fuel smell in the oil. Its the degree, if it about knocks you out from the smell , then thats alot of fuel. But no alittle fuel or alot wont cause clutch slippage .
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