holed cylinder head

[dipps]

I ride a 1200 GS and I have managed to run into the back of my Yamaha riding pal at an oblique junction when he should've gone and didn't - my left cylinder head glanced his foot peg and has made a tiny hole - oil leaking when on side stand -are the head covers easy to replace oneself - any idea how much - what can I expect when i take the cover off?
and before you all say it I know I am a t*****r
thanks

 

[Steptoe]

Good one mate

 

[John Armstrong]

Hi, bit I do know BDAMHIK £100 each

 

[suarvharv]

Many, many years ago I repaired a crack in my Guzzi Le Mans rocker cover with Araldite. Was still oil tight when I sold it a few years later.

 

[(RIP) Kaister]

I have managed to run into the back of my Yamaha riding pal at an oblique junction when he should've gone and didn't

easily done - but its still your fault.

rocker cover - not cylinder head.

araldite not rocker cover.

you choose

 

[cookie]

rocker cover: must be some s/h ones about. motorworks, sherlocks etc.

 

[Dahoum]

oil leaking when on side stand -

leave it on the main stand then

 

[Dirt Squirt]

Put a rock through the rocker cover whilst about 10 miles from the nearest road. Cut a metal patch out of the top of a tobacco tin lid and araldyted it in place. Powerwashed the bike when I got home and aluminium painted the tin lid.

That repair lasted ok for about fifteeen/sixtreeen years and you had to look hard to see any difference. Hit another rock eventually that broke the araldyte off the tin patch and it started leaking again - so I araldyted it again - cured. I have since treated the bike to a second hand rocker cover after I nudged the patched one into a tree stump and it crumpled a bit !

 

[Gecko]

That'd be one of the !=12GS rocker covers that are made of butter then will it ? This one took a light tumble at Hechlingen last year and was so easily holed it was really quite worrying. They are made of magnesium which isn't the most robust of metals known to man

 

[dipps]

thanks

i was staggered how easily it was holed - that magnesium must be very soft
i have used Kwik Weld to effect a short term repair which seems to have worked well so far
Dipps

 

[Fanum]

They are made of magnesium which isn't the most robust of metals known to man

On the up side though, Magnesium will burn out at an amazing temperature with a bright white flame so that when the 1200 owners have to get rid of their bikes (when the warranty runs out) they can burn and claim rather than having a dead piece of plastic an metal on their drive






PS Only joking

 

[Rob Farmer]

PS Only joking

Yeah! right Nice idea for those dark camping trips? Just toss another 1200 on the barbie.

 

[Fanum]

Yeah! right Nice idea for those dark camping trips? Just toss another 1200 on the barbie.

All those plastic fumes wafting across the campsite???

I 'spose we could ride them down the road at 40 or so MPH so the plastic bits all fly off as normal

 

[Tim Cullis]

leave it on the main stand then

I should perhaps point out at this stage that Ken managed to hole the rocker cover of a brand-new R1200GS (<10 miles on the clock) on the BMW off-road course.

 

[Brian ROSEN]

Rocker cover repairs

I had a hole in the cover of a K100RS repaired (by a specialist) for £15 and it looked as good as new. However magnesium may be more difficult but I am sure that it can be welded by an expert.

 

[Room 101]

I rode around for about a month without realising that there was a hole in the Rocker Cover following an off...

Took it down to Rainbow where they had to take my engine bars off take the cover off and replace it with a second hand one that was thankfully in the back.. then replaced the gasket...

Rocker Cover... fluids... labour... for nothing ... Steve just charged me for the gasket...

Finally found a dealers thats worth their salt...

 

[cookie]

I had a hole in the cover of a K100RS repaired (by a specialist) for £15 and it looked as good as new. However magnesium may be more difficult but I am sure that it can be welded by an expert.

in a vacuum i was told

 

[snoopy]

Yeah, welding magnesium in an oxygen environment would probably not be the greatest of ideas. Free to try though

 

[Bazza]

How much would a brand new rocker cover be then?????? Cant be that much
Anyone know?

 

[Brian ROSEN]

Holes in rocker boxes etc.

It seems that although there has been considerable progress in all aspects of modern motorcycle design the most spectacular change has been the cost/damage as a result of falling off! When I started the blacksmiths were just beginning to notice the drop off in horse traffic and were always happy to heat up and straighten out a footrest - probably a tanner or a bob at the most would cover it.