3 days ago I found oil pooling ontop the tranny case underneath the starter motor. when I place the bike on its kickstand, the oil will slowly run off and leave a nickle to quarter-size dot of oil in the drive way.

This oil only leaks when the bike is running, not at rest.

I took it to my mechanic yesterday. he looked it over carefully with a flashlight to find where the leak is coming from.

He determined it is not motor oil, rather it is primary oil leaking. It is difficult to see where the leak is coming from but he can only guess it is coming from the Stator Plug.

my mechanic said it is nothing to really worry about since it is not a gushing leak and the cost to remove the starter motor to fix the leak would not be worth the money.

I have included pictures.

Is this a common problem? How could have this leak happen? Has anyone ever had this happen to them? Is there a quick easy fix?

 

If that is where it is leaking from, you wouldn't have to remove the starter. You would have to remove the left primary cover to fix the leak. You also have to remove the primary cover to be able to remove the starter in the first place.

 

That's where the oil collects on mine too but the leak is here.