Oil weeping from head

[smegballs]

So it looks like my HG is on it's way out, slight oil weep from around the head

Currently not too severe, maybe a few drops over 120+ miles. Being a low-tune aircooled single goes some way to not being the end of the world.

How bad is this in terms of keeping using the bike in the meantime before I can put a new HG on? I will obviously minimise its use, but need it at least one day a week for work, as train isn't viable that day.

I don't have a garage or under-cover workspace in Bristol, so fixing it is going to be weather dependent too

I gather plenty of old bikes weeped oil from the head and that way more or less normal.

[RhynoCZ]

When you say head, do you mean between the head and the engine or from under the camshaft/s cover/s? The camshaft cover seal is a cheap and quick job, you don't even have to drain the engine.

Using the bike? Now, if it's aircooled = no worries whatsoever. If it's liquid cooled engine, check the coolant for oil, if there is none = good to go.

*Yes, I don't know what HG is.
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[smegballs]

Yeah, it is the actual head gasket between the cylinder and the cylinder head interface.

No actual rocker cover gasket on this one, its just some silicon goop to make the seal.

[stinkwheel]

Have you re-torqued the head? They can come loose.
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