Hi folks,
Help needed.
Heading off round Europe tomorrow I took the bike out the garage tonight to go fill up with petrol before getting the luggage on and I started the bike in the drive as normal and straight away there was a bang followed by smoke coming up from under the seat. I took the seat off and there was a little bit of smoke about but not much. I thought the battery might have blown but turned the ignition off then back on and all seemed to be fine. I tried starting it again and it started straight away though even running on full choke it wasn't ticking over very fast. I then noticed a bit of oil had seeped out of the new (second hand) exhaust I had put on - from the join going into the silencer. I turned the engine off and cleaned it up then tried starting it again and it seemed to be running ok. I went for a run to see and it seemed to be running fine. I even found a private road and took it up to 150 which it did without fuss - no further sign of smoke or oil or anything. It was almost like it backfired but I'm really worried something has gone wrong and I'm not going to find out until half way down an autobahn. Any ideas what it could have been?
Kenny
Help needed.
Heading off round Europe tomorrow I took the bike out the garage tonight to go fill up with petrol before getting the luggage on and I started the bike in the drive as normal and straight away there was a bang followed by smoke coming up from under the seat. I took the seat off and there was a little bit of smoke about but not much. I thought the battery might have blown but turned the ignition off then back on and all seemed to be fine. I tried starting it again and it started straight away though even running on full choke it wasn't ticking over very fast. I then noticed a bit of oil had seeped out of the new (second hand) exhaust I had put on - from the join going into the silencer. I turned the engine off and cleaned it up then tried starting it again and it seemed to be running ok. I went for a run to see and it seemed to be running fine. I even found a private road and took it up to 150 which it did without fuss - no further sign of smoke or oil or anything. It was almost like it backfired but I'm really worried something has gone wrong and I'm not going to find out until half way down an autobahn. Any ideas what it could have been?
Kenny
