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Thank you so much for posting: That's really good to know!
Thank you for passing along that valuable information on the balancer shaft seal.
In the 26 years I've owned this bike, right from the showroom floor, I never put a garden hose to it nor a power washer. The seeping just came from out-of-the-blue. I noticed the weeping, after taking off my floor boards and heel toe shifter for zipping around the twists here, since I haven't doing any long distance riding the past 5 years or so, since HMB Don and Thrisa left for their new digs.
I read using Loctite or super glue could be a work around, but one shop said it will either work or blow out.
Not sure if anyone has a cure for my machine.
I called some "5 Star" Yelp cycle shops nearby, and am hearing
25 hours @ $150 per hour to remove the motor and split the casing; The place I'm considering quoted
25 hrs for $3500 just for labor; with work to start in October. Most places didn't want to take the project on.
I was going to post a separate thread for this matter for some ideas, and to find out if "25 hours" sounds right from Folks-in-the-know.
I was thinking/hoping it would be more like 10 hours. I'm pretty sure they know better and wouldn't want to rush a job like this. A lot of places, here, don't want to touch the bike b/c of its age. Fortunately, there are still plenty of parts out here, and I keep up the bike, so some shops will make an exception occasionally. I don't want to alienate this shop that quoted me for an October tear down.
I've saw an engine parted off of a 2001, with approximately 50,000 mile on it for about $800 on Ebay. This would seem smarter to me, but I have about 60,000 on my machine, and starting to have problems. Reminds me of when I replaced my 76 VW Rabbit motor when I was 19. The dealer's chief mechanic sent me to a wrecker for a working motor. Long-story-short, that engine wouldn't start; I had to buy a factory rebuilt afterward.
Then, I though I could drain the bike, take it off the battery, and keep it as an expensive die - cast model 1:1 scale

, which by the way, there isn't any other scale Voyager Xll die cast to be found anywhere. I will want to have a die cast Voyager Xll if I can't keep riding mine any longer.
The shop said riding the bike with the balancer shaft seal leaking, could be dangerous leading to the seal blowing out and spraying my tires with oil. I thought the bottom end was fairly low compression on this machine - is there that chance? In a way I guess I should consider myself lucky to find out before setting off cross country.
Is my couch on wheels done for, or is it worth anything with the needed repair, say to someone like mechanic or someone with expertise, time, patience?
I hate to part with this bike or part it out, as I'd expected to be buried on it.
So many questions: I feel Like I'm losing a Loved One
What would you Folks consider doing?
