My walk in the desert due to this awful bit of Austrian cheese-metal was 15 years ago. My advice:
1. Set fire to the bike, claim on the insurance and buy a Yamaha and a few cush drive rubbers.
2. If 1 doesn't work for you buy 2 kits and some instant gasket. Fit the first kit and get 500 miles in before your trip.
3. Pack the second kit, new instant gasket and a tool suitable for preparing a sealing surface that has porosity and has been warped by heat due to being cheap and nasty.
When you fit the kit at home pay real attention to detail, it took me days to stop in leaking.
On the road, as soon as the oil turns chocolate brown, stop and fit the kit. I had the walk in the desert, recovery from Spain after BMW Malaga kept losing the bike and having a general manyana attitude, days trying to get the kits to seal and then found running with oil and water mixing wrecked the head. I scrapped the bike.
Andy
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