After a bad experience with the garage:
-expensive
-messed up the chrome screw covers
-twisted the steering
-knock marks all over proved it hadn't been treated well
-unbalanced new wheel
-shady pattern parts
I decided to do the rocker cover gasket and spark plug myself. Went over to the garage and bought the parts off the place. Spark plug was easy enough to get to. Turned off the fuel tap, took off the seat, took off the tank, disconnected the fuel line and fuel sensor - from there its pretty easy.. unscrewed the old spark plug. Checked the spark gap was around 0.8mm and torqued it into place.
The next job was a lot harder. Originally, I thought I'd be able to squeeze the valve cover off the top of the engine but two things were in the way. Disconnected a few lines and eventually got it out. The gasket was clearly worn in areas and was generally worse for wear. When I took the screws off that were holding the top cover to the cylinder head, I thought all was fine.. but the threads had sheared off and were left in the cylinder head. Basically had to stop right there and then, will ring up a garage tomorrow and see how much it'll cost for them to drill the bolts out.
Had a look on a Honda parts website. They quotes £43.74 for the 3 bolts which is ridiculous, will be making a few calls tomorrow. The irony is that by avoiding a garage, I've actually caused more of a meal out of this and I'll have to take the bike *back* to a garage... shamefully.
Well last Monday was supposed to be Blue Monday but to be honest. this entire week has been rather depressing :( Chin up.
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