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Originally Posted by red5
Normally when you see that color, there is water in the oil. Never seen it stuck to the valve cover like that though. What does the rest of the oil/case look like?
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Originally Posted by tubarney
or coolant. Maybe a head gasket leak. Check your coolant, what colour is it?
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What these guys said. If you live in a place with relatively high humidity and you run your bike for short periods where the bike does not reach operating temps to cook of the water, it will accumulate like that on the valve cover.... But what you have there is a whole lot.
Another possible culprit is the coolant tube looking at the rear of the cylinder head. Mine was leaking slightly and getting past the valve cover gasket. Just pull the tube out and replace the o-ring. The o-ring is the same small o-ring used for your oil filter change. You may also want to replace the 2 rubber dampeners that keep the coolant tube from rattling.