So my valve cover gasket was leaking pretty decently and I decided today was the day to tear it apart to replace it. Little did I know that the morons at Kawi decided to use uber cheap cast magnesium for the valve cover. A wire was hanging down and occasionally rubbing on the valve cover.

I'd have never believed it if I didn't see it, but the wire still has insulation and it actually ate through the valve cover where I couldn't see it. No wonder oil was coming out at a decent rate. It's just a small small hole, but still...

I looked it up and the new valve cover is between 240 and 350. I simply don't have that, so it looks like I'll be doing the JB Weld method. That really pisses me off that an 05 already needs a valve cover gasket and a valve cover because they decided to cut corners. And you can't use "it's a high performance race-oriented machine" as an excuse because it's a Z750S. It's detuned and downsized from the Z1000.

/Rant