Small Leak From Cam Adjuster??

[XSrunner]

Hi Guy's thanks for the info I went to the shop yesterday and got a new plug.they even had it in stock Surprised me.for a small town.I also have a link to some photos for those who asked to see the bike.there are some gauges on the bike.
HEAD TEMP
OIL TEMP . does anyone know what temp the should be running at. all in Farenhite. thanks.

[DiverRay]

Oil temp should be about 250 to 300, above 325 is DANGER
Head temp will probably be 350 to 700, but this is just a guess. Oil temp I know, as I had a VDO oil temp gauge on my first XS1100.

[yadada]

On the welding aluminum bit....I once had a cast aluminum car transmission housing welded....they said the trouble with welding it was the oil that had soaked into it. Not sure if they preheated with a torch or what, but it never gave me any problems after they fixed it up. Work was done at a large proffesional machine shop.

[Guy_b_g]

Don't know what the head temp in an XS11 should be, but when I used to race Karts, I had a digital head temp monitor, and the guys who couldn't afford to rebuild their engines for every race weekend, (or have a spare motor at the track) ran temps around 350-375F.

The temp was taken from a sensor which replaced the spark plug washer/gasket.

The guys who could afford it rans temps around 450F but ran the risk of engine seizure or ruining a piston. The extra heat equaled extra power.

Of course that was with 2-stroke motors, but aluminum loses it's temper quickly above 450F.