I was cleaning my bike this afternoon and after taking the fairings off noticed a reservoir of oil in the bottom inside of the fairing. After a very small investigation I found this is coming from the manifolds.

I had a 2009 Aprilia RS125 before I owned the NSR so I know two strokes leak from the manifold but this really is taking the p*ss! lol. I took one of the pipes off and there is no gasket (HRC Pro Pipes) and the springs aren't as tight as I would like; theres a bit of play (about 2-3mm) between the manifold and where the pipe slips on.

Two questions. 1. Should these pipes have a gasket or at least some gasket seal?
2. Should I replace the springs to close the gap up or can I place gasket seal around it?

On another note I managed to get hold of an MC21 flywheel & stator (thanks to Gecko) and a set of HRC coils today and my new PGM (still had the ERR2 message after sorting the TPS) should be here Wednesday next week. Finally getting the parts I want and should all arrive in time for my 3 weeks off work starting end of next week Play time!