slowly leaking - wondering if I own a lemon CB1100

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After moving to the country 23 years ago, fronting on a dirt road of mostly clay and sand, I was under the mistaken impression that I needed to lube the chain more often on my Kawasaki. I was liberally applying petroleum based chain lube at least twice a week and soon developed what I thought to be an oil leak. Turned out it was the oily grunge buildup from under the engine sprocket cover. I also learned that heavy use of the petroleum based chain lube created a greasy, gritty paste that quickly destroyed both sprockets and chain in less than 5000 miles.