After driving my latest addition for a week I want to run a minor issue by the forum and see what responses I get. I have a pretty good idea what it is.
About half the time when I first start the bike of a morning I am getting smoke from the right exhaust for a few seconds. I took the bike out after dark a couple times so I could see if there was any smoke showing in the lights of the cars behind me but none is apparent even if I step into it and run it up to around 7k.
What say you!
INTERMITTANT SMOKING
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twinegar
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INTERMITTANT SMOKING
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Oil is cheap. A Norton owner told me that in response to the exact same question about my '81.
I have minor smoking issues on the right side that clear when the seals warm up. A year and 4000 miles later i just remember to start the bike outside of the garage.
Obviously, i am keeping an eye on the performance and oil consumption.
I have minor smoking issues on the right side that clear when the seals warm up. A year and 4000 miles later i just remember to start the bike outside of the garage.
Obviously, i am keeping an eye on the performance and oil consumption.
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Thanks for the responses.
I was thinking it might be the seals also. When I pulled the head off my #2 last year all the seals were hard and one had broken up and I imagine I would see a similar situation here. The #3 also gave me an excellent running "X" to compare my #1 to and I am now convinced it has a valve that isn't seating completely even though it runs silky smooth so I guess my next step is to get a leak down tester and then have a go at #2 for the third time and then #1 while I enjoy the heck out of driving #3. As always I will add pictures to my website to document the progress.
Thanks for the good advice.
I was thinking it might be the seals also. When I pulled the head off my #2 last year all the seals were hard and one had broken up and I imagine I would see a similar situation here. The #3 also gave me an excellent running "X" to compare my #1 to and I am now convinced it has a valve that isn't seating completely even though it runs silky smooth so I guess my next step is to get a leak down tester and then have a go at #2 for the third time and then #1 while I enjoy the heck out of driving #3. As always I will add pictures to my website to document the progress.
Thanks for the good advice.
http://www.spookytoms.com/SpookyTom-MTRCCLSTF.html
"66CL160, 68CL125A, 68CL450, 69CL125A, 69CB750, 71CB450, 71CB500, 71CB750, 72CB350F, 72CB750, 74CB750, 75CL360, 75CB550, 75CB750, 76CB750, 79CB750, 79CBX, 79CBX, 80CBX, 82CB750, 84VF700S 05HDSPORTSTER1200ROADSTER"
"66CL160, 68CL125A, 68CL450, 69CL125A, 69CB750, 71CB450, 71CB500, 71CB750, 72CB350F, 72CB750, 74CB750, 75CL360, 75CB550, 75CB750, 76CB750, 79CB750, 79CBX, 79CBX, 80CBX, 82CB750, 84VF700S 05HDSPORTSTER1200ROADSTER"