I took my bike over to my mates place today to do a few things, service oil and filters , the fork oil and see if I could re- align the front wheel which seems slightly crooked after my tumble, and put in my new 18 tooth sprocket ,and just clean the poor thing.
After I pulled the right footpeg I found a crack in the frame just behind the engine mount where it meets the foot peg. I cleaned it up and my mate welded it, and I gave it a coat of primer.im pretty confident that it will be plenty strong - tig weld by the way, but I want to let everyone know so you can check yours. After that I went to fit the sprocket and found an 18 tooth already there! Cleaned out all the grunge from the chain, lubed and greased every thing . Stripped out the battery and air box and cleNed them . When I pulled the magnetic plug I found more metal shards than usual. Thing is , since my tumble there has been a kind of a rattle in the case like something is tumbling around in there. Didn't find any thing on the right hand side so tommorow ill pick up a left side gasket (I hope) and have a look inside . If any one has any thoughts on what it might be please let me know, it sounds like a nut on the loose. Anyhow back to reassembly- cheers Dave.