tonymoore

Easiest thing to do is turn the fuel off and run the engine til it cuts out every time you finish. Motorbikes, outboards, 2 and 4 strokes, its good practise. Tony

I had atf in mine when I bought it, really bad cold clutch stick problems. Just to get it running I put 10 40 in, no more cold stick but I suspect the clutch wil slip (as it did on my last fantic). Do let us know what works for you. Nice looking bike!

ok so here's the first attempt at a repair.... Make a shim: take an aluminium tube (from and extending hose brush) , OD 22mm, ID 20mm, cut off 7mm length and epoxy it into the recess. Obtain a smaller oil seal, add a bit of hylomar to the outside of seal and fit. It's not leaking anymore. will see how it goes. Total cost to me so far... zero plus oil seal. I suspect if it fails I will get a shim machined to fit properly. Thanks to Bob Wright for the idea.

Like the tig weld idea, if I split crankcases its a defo. Meantime will try the metal putty option. Here is the old stuff removed, it came off easily!

Hi I have a rear kick minarelli 156 powered fantic 200. Starts fine and seems to run ok, well until the kick start broke off. I decided it is a good time to investigate the transmission oil leak before searching for a kick start. The oil is coming from the gear change shaft seal. The seal is being held in place by what looks like metal glue, as a result of damage to tbe engine case. Apart from continually scanning ebay, has anyone any idea where I can source a left hand engine case, or maybe there is a miracle worker out there able to fix these things. I dont want to pull it apart unless there is a good chance of repair. Thanks Tony