head gasket

Hi, I've just this week bought myself a 1966 CD125 that I believed was mechanically sound. Unfortunately after doing 50-60mph for around 20 minutes, I dismounted to find my feet coated with a spray of the brand new castrol oil I'd just put in. The oil leak comes from the head gasket, but I've...

Hey guys, I need to replace my head gasket. It started pouring oil a couple days after I advanced the timing, performed a valve adjustment, and adjusted cam chain tension. I‘ve looked at the service manual and it doesn’t look like it covers much in the way of head gasket replacement. Is there...

I recently had a valve job done to my ‘71 CB175, after installing new overbored jugs, pistons and rings. I installed a new(NOS) head gasket that lasted maybe 25 miles. Torqued per the shop manual, criss-cross pattern etc. Question: is there a right-side-up to the gasket? And is retorquing the...

Hey all, I have a 1980 CM200T that I am rebuilding for my special lady friend as her first bike. I just received the head and cylinders from the machine shop after having the cylinders overbored 1mm. Everything looks clean enough to eat off of after having the engine parts vapor honed. I am...

Hey everybody! Just got my '75 cb500t and of course it's already loosing power and has sprung quite a leak right below the head. I'm convinced that it's just a head gasket leak, and replacing that should solve the problems. I wanna check the engine compression before doing anything, but I'm...