White smoke can sometimes be steam caused by water condensing in the pipes. That's why it goes away after the engine warms up. Oil is usually more bluish smoke.
-Kyle On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Minnesota Blue <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I need to be told it's going to be OK. Got the 83 650 out of the > garage and running. Have not put even 100 miles on it yet as it's > still a little on the cold side. Was tough to get started at first > but now fires every time. However, when I start it I get some white > smoke in the exhaust. This mostly clears up when I get it warmed up, > but it takes a little while. Just brought it in for tires and the > person following me to take me home said there was a little white > smoke out of the left tail pipe when idling at a light. My ride to > the shop was only about 7 miles and it was only about 40 degrees out > at the time. I know this is not a lot of info to go on, but is this > something I should be worried about or is this normal for a motor this > old (26,500 miles) after it's been stored for the winter? > > Thanks! > > MN Blue > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
