burning smell from engine? help!
 

ok, so I warmed my bike up this morning for a good 5 min and when I went over to get on it to go to work, there was a smell like burning brakes coming from under the handlebars.

I checked the oil and it was right at the minimum level so I topped it off and waited a few minutes, the smell seemed to go away.
(I changed the oil about 2k miles ago)

This lead me to believe that my oil filter might be loose? I rode to work anyways, I gotta check it tonight to see if that was it. But there was no smoke coming from the headers that I could see, that I would THINK would cause this problem...

Also my bike is rattling more than usual lately could this be my cam chain? I am ordering an APE CCT today, hopefully it will get in soon!


Also, another thought it kinda smelles like a burning clutch... how much play should be in my clutch lever?

I estimate that there is about 2 mm play before the clutch engages on the lever. Should I adjust this?

Could it just be water or other crap on your headers? I spilled a DQ shake on my bike (while working on it, not riding it) and it would smell like burnt/caramelized milkshake every time I rode the bike for the next month :)

well to be honest, it started to smell like that last wed when I had to ride it home in the rain. I had not ridden it since then.

Ya, water smells wierd when boiled on old dirty headers. :)

I hope thats all it was but keep an eye on it.

my bike used to leak hard and burn oil coming from the /headcases. I just spray painted around all of the cases. just like magic, no more leaks or burning oil

^^^this is not a solution...

well I guess I will check for leaks when I get home tonight

check the oil cooler. mine was leaking due to bad o-rings and was slowly dripping oil on the headers causing it to smoke alittle on warm up and smells like burning. how did your oil look when you changed it?

worked for me :-)