todays ride and oil burp

[dobeman@sprint.ca]

Had a great ride today, my first real ride of the season. Put about 300 kms on the beast. Good balance of pavement, gravel roads, abandoned rail and the best part was it was dry enough already to really get a nice ride in what is normally a MX only forest. There was some newly cut singletrack that was both a blast and a workout. Got stuck a bunch of times trying to climb loose sand hills. And you know it's tight when you've gotta slip the clutch in 1st more than having the clutch all the way out! I've never worked myself on the KLR so hard but I had an absolute blast! Tired but satisfied at the same time. Early on my ride I was having a rest after climbing a troublesome hill, and I noticed a slight oil leak on the left side engine, where it has the big plastic slotted thing covering the big bolt you have to turn to line up the cams. There was just enough to be moist and blow back in the wind, to just about the edge of the case. That was it. It seemed to fix itself. More of a burp than a leak. When I got home I cleaned the oil seal itself and the area at the opening and hopefully that'll be the last of it. The cap WAS tight but the seal was dusty. Has this ever happened on anyone elses machine? Karl