Saved my bikes life today. my turn.
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Saved my bikes life today. my turn.
just watch happen to joe but to me
i was ganna go to work and i started my bike and after like 10 sec of warming it up it started smoking. and it smelled really bad, i did not know what it was and i shut it off. looked around and nothing started it up again and the smoke slowly went away. so i went to work then came back and took the farings off and looked for anything. then i saw green stuff all over my faring. i saw it was also coming from the hose from the radiator. u can see it from the slot in the left faring. then i tighted it up more, it was not really loose at all. i ran the bike for like 10 min to check for leaks and yup ther gone.
wile i was at it i cleaned and waxed my bike and replaced my windsheld bolts because i also broke one when installing my windsheld a wile back.
now i am happy its running fine and clean
ORIGINAL: Joe Rocket
I started my bike up today to go and visit my parents for a bike. I let it war up for about 3-4 min (not that cold out).So when i got to my parents place I jumped off my bike and let it idle for a min while i took my helmet off. Whe i looked down there was a very small puddle of anti-freeze Slowley building up. Uh Oh. I though my engine was toast. Turned out it was a loose ring clamp. I grabbed a 6 mm open ended wrench and gave her about a dozen 1/4 turns. I check out my anti-freeze resevoire and it was about half empty. I toped it off and went for another ride. no more leaks. I personally think I saved me engine because we were planing a 300 km ride this afternoon but it's raining now. Please check your fluids.
I started my bike up today to go and visit my parents for a bike. I let it war up for about 3-4 min (not that cold out).So when i got to my parents place I jumped off my bike and let it idle for a min while i took my helmet off. Whe i looked down there was a very small puddle of anti-freeze Slowley building up. Uh Oh. I though my engine was toast. Turned out it was a loose ring clamp. I grabbed a 6 mm open ended wrench and gave her about a dozen 1/4 turns. I check out my anti-freeze resevoire and it was about half empty. I toped it off and went for another ride. no more leaks. I personally think I saved me engine because we were planing a 300 km ride this afternoon but it's raining now. Please check your fluids.
i was ganna go to work and i started my bike and after like 10 sec of warming it up it started smoking. and it smelled really bad, i did not know what it was and i shut it off. looked around and nothing started it up again and the smoke slowly went away. so i went to work then came back and took the farings off and looked for anything. then i saw green stuff all over my faring. i saw it was also coming from the hose from the radiator. u can see it from the slot in the left faring. then i tighted it up more, it was not really loose at all. i ran the bike for like 10 min to check for leaks and yup ther gone.
wile i was at it i cleaned and waxed my bike and replaced my windsheld bolts because i also broke one when installing my windsheld a wile back.
now i am happy its running fine and clean
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