hi to one and all from sunny queensland , australia , i am a new member here and a fairly new TR1 owner .      the bike was in a sore and sorry state when i bought it 6 months ago but has since rewarded me with some brilliant motorcycling , i love old classics and have a few .

my question is having done a oil change when i first purchased it , i stupidly put the oil filter in back to front , 800 miles later , i decided to do another service and noticed the filter arse about ............. , i know better now but what possible damage may i have incurred on my poor bike even although it  was running fine    ?       :-[

Yo! Woodsy.im in Perth and did the same duh! I've had my bike from new and its an expensive mistake.Not so bad with short runs about the city but the bike siezed on a long runWrecked the crankshaft.  safe travels.   ps both of my XV1000 origiginally purched in Bribane

thanks addo225 , not sure if i feel any better or not as i have done runs of around 300kms with the filter as it was .      all i can think is that they are a very forgiving motor

i am currently waiting on an old douglas coming from over your way , should be here in a week or so

i won't do the same with that

In theory, you should "only" have starved the top-end from its oil-supply. Which would mean:  cams, rockers, camshaft bushing (can be replaced with a ball-bearing).

I'd say:  if it doesn't rattle like an old tin' o bolts, you probably only hurt it a little.

Hope this helps (or at least comforts you) a little
Greg