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Hi everyone. Picked this 2014 up on a trade in from a dealer yesterday. Admittedly I'm not the most experienced when it comes to actually wrenching on my bikes but was wondering if this is an issue? I didn't notice it when I was looking the bike over yesterday at the dealer but I had also ridden a few hours and could have missed it. No issues running/riding since I got it which have been around 200 miles so far. Should I be concerned? I asked the dealer to send me service records if he has any. Wondering if it was just previous work that got a little sloppy or something else.
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Maybe re-used the original gasket? If so, maybe they could have at least used black sealant.
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The gasket is not pushing out, CB1100 has a an issue with weeping/sweating oil from the valve cover, it's not a malfunction or anything that should worry you. The extra adhesive might have been put there to stop that from happening, only problem is they haven't done it very meticulously.
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As Tod says, I would not be overly concerned. It is common practice on many bikes to use silicon sealant at that part of the valve cover gasket.
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That sealant is factory. Mine came that way too. And as mentioned by Tod and Tev the service manual specifies sealant there.
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The gasket-sealant corners have identical look like my CBs.
Very rare that `14 will develop weeping/sweating, I only had that issue with my `13 CB.
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Never noticed that on the 2014.
Have to say it looks like a hack. Honda could have used black sealant to appear a bit more professional looking.
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How many miles on the bike ? , to ME it seems that the sealant is not the original one used . Did the valve cover ever comes of ?
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I wouldn’t worry about it.
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BTW: welcome to the forum!
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