For the teenagers out there- The white "smoke" you see on startup is water. A normal by product of combustion. When your exhaust system heats up the "smoke" goes away. If it doesn't go away check for a leaking head gasket. BLUE smoke is oil. Black smoke means you're fuel mixture is too rich.

 

I believe the last two must be interchanged, i.e., blue smoke means a rich mixture, while black smoke is oil burning. Right?

 

Nope Blue smoke is oil burning, Black is rich mix.

 

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Oil burns with blue smoke.

The black in the smoke in an over rich mixture is carbon from the incomplete combustion of the fuel.

 

This comment was just drooling with sarcasm. Please just take it with a grain of salt.

 

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oil burns blue, i have been using gallons of the stuff this year and it has all gone up as blue smoke, no oil leaks only out of the exhaust, maybe i shud run a hose from the end of my exhaust pipe to the chain for auto lube like a chainsaw!

 

Making a positive out of a negative, I like that

 

And white smoke when your sitting at 5000rpm and going nowhere is usually the back tyre - haha

 

well Ive done 250 ks since that oil change to 20/50 the engine is still very quite and no smoke at all. The whitish smoke might have only been temporary while the engine was freshly started after being emptied and filled a fresh.

had to cross a flooded bridge yesterday, there was a cop on the side of the road, i indicated to him as if - ok to cross? and he simply shrugged his shoulders, like try your luck buddy...so i waited and timed it perfectly while a big vehicle parted the waters and then I quickly road straight into the line where the waters where parted and with my legs up in the air..that was one of my first adventures on the bike apart from getting totally drenched last saturday night...rain realy hurts when your doing 110ks..lol

 

Glad to hear she is running fine, sounds like u need gumboots and knobby tyres where u live