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The bike leaks a small amount of oil when paarked after a ride. It drips off the oil filter but it is tight. the bottom of the engine seem to have oil all over it so its hard to determine the exact location. Its not chain oil because the chain oil has a distinctly different scent. i'm thinking it may be coming from the cam tensioner cover.
Will triumph cover problems if you have done your work on the bike?(never had the engine apart.)

Check the air box breather hose. Mine blows a bit of oil on the bottom of the engine after a hard ride.

As for warranty, they can't refuse you just because you've done your own service.

It's like any other warranty - if it's a factory assembly problem, they should cover it. If it's something you did, they won't.
If the cam cover is leaking you will have oil all over the place, not just on the bottom of the engine. Give the engine a good cleaning with a mild degreaser like Simple Green, then take a short ride to warm the bike up and see where it's leaking....

I have a slight oil leak on the CAM cover and it's easy to spot. I'm bringing the bike back for it's first maintenance in 2 or 3 weeks and I'm going to have them fix it. It is leaking on the left side of the CAM cover right at the rubber gasket seem. Easy to spot.