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**nogaromill999** · 02 Apr 08, 07:44 PM

Hi and welcome to the site. Firstly, your bike has quite high mileage, and so is likely to have a considerable degree of piston slap. Nothing too serious, they all do it to a degree. A load of us race them and its quite common....The clutch slip is likely to be caused by worn out plates, given the mileage. The white liquid smear is LIKELY to be condensation in the crankcases combining with the oil....run her up to temp, then take the filler cap off and let any moisture evaporate......its air cooled so no probs with coolant in the oil.......hope that helps....

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nogaromill999 Titanium Titan Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk UK Posts: 4,828 Bike: 999Bip, DD Racer	Hi and welcome to the site. Firstly, your bike has quite high mileage, and so is likely to have a considerable degree of piston slap. Nothing too serious, they all do it to a degree. A load of us race them and its quite common....The clutch slip is likely to be caused by worn out plates, given the mileage. The white liquid smear is LIKELY to be condensation in the crankcases combining with the oil....run her up to temp, then take the filler cap off and let any moisture evaporate......its air cooled so no probs with coolant in the oil.......hope that helps.... __________________ Today, I are mostly sniffing petrol.......