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My buddy owns a shop and he has a giant fan he puts on bikes when doing heat cycles, not an hour when I was there. a hour sounds like a long time. I doubt more he did it for an entire hour, than he did it for a hour and everything is ok.
Myself, being a skeptic, I thing he ran it for a bit. And is saying an hour, to make you feel good. either way take it for a ride and find out.
The rear bolts on rocker covers are hard to get. Again the skeptic in me, thinks, he didn't get them tight enough and said it was bad cover. It wasn't leaking before this?
When doing rear covers with my buddy I wanted to use dogbone one and make an effort. Being a novice I really on the manual, and very by the book. He tells me its just cover. Probably right, the tq spec, I don't think is that high.
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