Ah, breakin is going to be 12 rides of 20+ miles each with the bike completely cooling down between rides. The first ride was a near disaster. Got all jiggy going through the muddy slime at the end of the driveway. Whew. When I got to the road, I shifted up through the gears at 3500 each. This thing pulls from way down low.

My typical route is 101, 299, turn around at Blue Lake, then cut through the back roads of Fieldbrook and home. When I was about 1/2 mile from Blue Lake I looked down and my foot was soaked in oil. Oil was streaming from the front rocker box. I pulled off and saw that the rubber of the seal was sticking out from between the rocker boxes. I limped home keeping the revs low and watching the rocker box. Made it home, but what a mess.

Man , I hate these Cometic seals. All the ones I installed were misshapen and slightly mis-sized. I had to use Hylomar on the rocker box seals and the derby cover. They were all a pain. The James and the HD's that I've used weren't like this.

Took off the seat, tank, ignition wires, coils, and took off the rocker box cover from both cylinders. There was no damage to the seals so I poked and prodded the seals back in place and buttoned the bike back up. I also noticed that when I put the mountain motor core in the E-pipe, I didn't put the core retaining screws in. Luckily it was jammed in pretty good and held until I noticed. I've been on 3 more rides since and no leaks or problems.