Continuing - So what did you do to your bike today...?

[Blubber]

Tonight swopped both wheels(new tyres on them ), fitted a chain and sprocket kit and sprocket carrier bearing .
That's both bikes fully serviced (including teabags cleaned)and ready for Europe 

Enjoy 
I am away on holiday so you i wont throw any shade on you guys when in Ijmuiden 

[Hooli]

After a hundred or so miles today to Leeds & back plus a few diversions I found my 14 getting very twitchy on bends etc. The roads where wet but they had been all day so no reason for it...

Got home, parked on the drive, walked inside to take my lid & jacket off. Came back out to this, the sump is cracked as far as I can see. No idea why, as I didn't hit anything & it seems to be leaking from above the RH exhaust pipes so no somewhere it could get hit anyway.

I might pull it apart and investigate tomorrow.

[KiwiCol]

Hmmm, that doesn't look good Hooli.  Those sumps are a bastard to weld too & replacement ones, well, they only require 1 leg & half an arm, so an option there I suppose. 

So, wonder why is was getting loose in the corners then?  has the back wheel nut come loose or the tire delaminating at high temps maybe? 

[Hooli]

Could be that aye Col...

[Kiwifruit]

Lucky you got home I'd say.

[grog]

Real lucky i reckon. Sump listed at $283 in Oz.

[Kiwifruit]

Hooli I hope you haven't mentioned buying a British bike within earshot of the 14......it may have thought "I can behave like one of those"

[Eric GSX1400K3]

After a hundred or so miles today to Leeds & back plus a few diversions I found my 14 getting very twitchy on bends etc. The roads where wet but they had been all day so no reason for it...

Got home, parked on the drive, walked inside to take my lid & jacket off. Came back out to this, the sump is cracked as far as I can see. No idea why, as I didn't hit anything & it seems to be leaking from above the RH exhaust pipes so no somewhere it could get hit anyway.

I might pull it apart and investigate tomorrow.

Reckon the leak was minor and you were getting oil on the rear wheel making it twitchy.  Shame to see your 14 with that issue mate.  Let us know how you get on, will keep an eye out for parts.

[Tony Nitrous]

These guys are breaking a 14 over your way...

https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_ssn=wbmotorcyclebreakers&store_name=wbmotorcyclebreakers&_dmd=2&_oac=1&_trksid=p2047675.m3561.l2562

[steve porter]

After a hundred or so miles today to Leeds & back plus a few diversions I found my 14 getting very twitchy on bends etc. The roads where wet but they had been all day so no reason for it...

Got home, parked on the drive, walked inside to take my lid & jacket off. Came back out to this, the sump is cracked as far as I can see. No idea why, as I didn't hit anything & it seems to be leaking from above the RH exhaust pipes so no somewhere it could get hit anyway.

I might pull it apart and investigate tomorrow.

What a bastard, bloody oil pickup tube is designed to be fitted with the motor upside down and therefore a prick to position from memory

[Hooli]

Cheers chaps, I plan to pull it apart later today and find out exactly what's wrong. Would be nice to find a reason for it too.

[grog]

From memory think Vlad and KiwiCol have done the new sump fit?

[KiwiCol]

Yeah, we have.  Easy enough, just take your time. There's a trick with that pick up tube, n when I recall what I did Ill post it. Think it involved pinching it in place, sorta.

[Notty]

What a bastard, bloody oil pickup tube is designed to be fitted with the motor upside down and therefore a prick to position from memory

engine the right way up over here then ? 

[Eric GSX1400K3]

engine the right way up over here then ? 
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Nope, our oil flows the opposite way due to the Coriolis Effect