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« on: January 11, 2012, 05:07:35 PM » |
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i just moved back to florida from colorado 2 weeks ago and when i start my bike up im getting white smoke coming from my right pipes...is it the altitude change? i adjusted my idle to 800 rpms from 1000.. but the gas i was using was 85 octane in colorado and here they have 87 octane... any suggestions on this...maybe new plugs.. or put some seafoam in the tank .. thanks.... emrik
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« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2012, 05:10:32 PM » |
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Florida is a lot more humid than Colorado. I'd guess you're steaming moisture out of the exhaust. It should go away as it warms up.
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« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2012, 05:41:55 PM » |
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Drive it. Florida is warm. Im in wisconsin and will not see 50 for another two months.
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« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2012, 06:12:45 PM » |
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Most all valks will puff a little white vapor on startup, esp on choke.
Now with choke off and warmed up, if you are still puffing vapor/smoke, you may want to look at things.
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« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2012, 06:28:08 PM » |
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My brand new '03 smoked at start-up from the day I first started her with
0.4 miles until the day she went to Heaven and a little over 38,000. My
'98 has 61,000 and smokes a little bit at start-up.
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« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2012, 09:13:54 AM » |
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White smoke = water vapour
Blue smoke = oil burning
Black smoke = unburnt fuel
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« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2012, 03:08:39 PM » |
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Welcome back to the sunshine state. Mine does that.....just like you discribed....especially when the dew point is high (the RH and temp being closer together).
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« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2012, 07:01:41 PM » |
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thank you for all your thoughts i will keep an eye on it.. the smoke color is white...
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« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2012, 11:10:35 PM » |
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Shouldn't be a problem. Mine does that when the humidity is up or the temp is down. So did my GL1100.
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