New VMAX with oil leak

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Recently acquired 92 VMAX with an oil leak, coming up from the bottom somewhere, or so I thought. So I took it to the car wash, degreased it, and washed it down really good. Bike was on a trailer so I didn't start it, just took it home. Went out the next morning and it appears the oil leak is on the top side exhaust flange? WTF? Where could this be leaking from? Bike blows ZERO smoke out of the exhaust, but once I started it, came rolling off of the pipe where the flange is leaking? If it was leaking from inside the cylinder, it would be smoking like a freight train, correct? Could one of the exhaust studs be leaking? Just guessing here? Any ideas? Thanks guys!
 
would be my guess. Do the moon shaped filler parts on the sides between the head and cover show any cracks in them?

Sean
 
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