In other words, it's probably not the change in octane that's your problem.

 

well damnit! looks like i got some spark plugs to pull out and examine!
hopefully i overfillled the oil.. that would be the easiest problem to fix

 

so today i filled up the coolant resivor, went for a ride and its at the same level so i know its not coolant leaking in somewhere..
but when i started it up today. i watched the exhaust and could see clear liquid droplets comming out with the white smoke... could water in the gass make it smoke white? or if the gas inst getting burnt would it shoot out the tip?
im hoping its just the gas... if i tell my mom that i need to have the internals serviced she will be pissed! since i took out a loan to get it and now i have to fix something..

 

Hate to say it, but it sounds like coolant may be leaking into your cylinders. If it's worse after it's been sitting that's when the coolant's leaking most noticeably...it probably still does while you're riding, but it burns off real quick if it's not a whole lot of it. Bad news is that it does sound like a head gasket, or something like that. Good news is it isn't as expensive to repair as a car (in general).

 

well ill monitor the coolant level and see if it drops before i leave for the weekend.
if its a head gasket, i might as well get a vavle job done to make sure they are seating correctly.

 

does it do it with 87 octane? lol

 

I had the same problem after I came back from out of town for a week. Bike would back fire and white smoke would out. Turns out my sparkplugs were fouled. It wasn't burning fuel fast enough. I bet its your plugs.

 

Nauree, i hope that is the case!

 

water - white smoke
Oil - blue
Rick - black

I have a 1970 chevy, I know these are my colors for the exhaust. Yours may be similar. do compression, maybe leakdown. Then check head gasket, then head.

 

hopefully i'm not the first to notice this ...there's mention of jets, needle valves, floats ..aren't we talking about an F4I? the I standing for fuel injection? also, don't confuse very light gray smoke with steam - slight overfueling will be light gray. by the way, what does it smell like? if it just smells really strongly of gas, it's probably just running rich. did you reprogram the computer when you added the slip-on? my buddy's r6 sputtered really badly, and he thought he had major engine problems. reflashed the computer with the map for that slip-on, and it runs perfectly now. might be something as simple as that.