5k and I got a snot stain,,
Friends custom let go bad at 14k..
who knows,,,
When Mine goes I'll be doing my own,,,

 

Mine replaced at 2k and going back next thursday to replaced the front because it started to leack again , at 4k , they should make a recall because as far as my indi shop told me is was the material that they make the gasket that takes dumpe

 

Both of mine have been done. Bike has 18,000 miles.

 

So far on my XL50 I have had both done by like 13K and the rear one done again at like 15K, I got the bike with 9600 so I don't know if they were done before that? My 08 1200C has like 4500 on it and no leaks so far that I see, but I have a feeling that the rear is not too far off of a seep.

I just made a joke yesterday on here that the rocker box gaskets should be part of the 10k service, but i'm starting to think maybe part of the 5k service. LOL! I love HD, but this issues just a bit out of hand if you ask me. My old Honda CBR600F4 had 33k on the clock and the valve cover gaskets was just starting to seep.

 

I did mine at the end of last summer. I did both, I feel if you change the one change the other. Like some one said its a crap shoot. I did mine at 6000 miles and the bike is 12 years old. My mechanic buddy said it is because I ride it to hard. I told him that if its going to happen because of that its gonna happen often.

 

I have been told that same thing, but I'm not all tha hard on the bikes and they are bikes, not a econo car so should be able to have fun with them.

 

do they not make aftermarket ones for the newer ones bikes yet? Might be a better bet for the guys out of warranty.

 

I'm still wondering if the gaskets are leaking due to the EFI & you guys getting on the throttles before the engines warmed up properly. I don't remember seeing this many rocker leaks with carb'd models.

 

My indy says he only sees Sportys with this problem and he does a lot of them too. He thinks it is a design error.

 

thats what my mechanic at the dealer said , "do you warm it up before hitting the trhottle" i always make shure the rocker boxes fill warm enough before taking off