Need Help with an oil leak.

[icycle]

I discovered this yesterday after I got back from putting over 1000 miles on the bike this weekend. I see that the oil is coming from the rubber hose entering the cylinder head from the carb but I dont know why its doing this or if it can wait a while so I dont have to tear it apart now. It a very small amount of oil and I wasn't taking it easy on the engine at all over the weekend. (was battling a friends Duc 749) Anyone with any advise on what is causing this and best way to tackle it? I know very little about engines. Thought maybe valves. She's got 26000 miles. Checked valves last at 12000.

[Tusk]

Do you have the stock airbox?

Check your breather tube on top of the cylinder(s). It's supposed to go into your airbox. When I took my airbox off, I got a little leakage from oil coming out of this when running the bike hard.

If the airbox is gone, look into one of these: http://tinyurl.com/eqhrd

[icycle]

Airbox is still stock. At least at 17 years old this is the first, and only problem I've had.

[bfizzle]

If you were running the bike really hard it is possible that the crankcase breather tube coughed up a bunch of oil into your airbox. If your drain tube from your airbox is clogged (or maybe if it isn't) it is possible for the oil to get sucked towards your cylinders. So if the boots from the air box to the carbs is loose then the oil could leak out. Open up your airbox and take a look. If you have a lil pool of oil you know that is the issue. If this becomes a huge issue u might consider running Uni Pods and putting that seperate filter on the crankcase breather, but it could require a reject.

Let us know what you find out.