Thank you! That is what I suspected too. This is definitely white smoke and not blue. When I first start it there will actually be water droplets flying out of the tailpipe. I have been running it daily since I woke it up just to try to keep it dry. I seem to get a lot of moisture in my garage. On some mornings there will actually be a film of water droplets on parts of the bike. I was just concerned because it happened after riding for about 5 miles. With it being so cold though it would not shock me if it wasn't up to the ideal running temp though. I will monitor the oil level more frequently for a while, but hopefully it will just turn out to be water.
Thanks! MN Blue On Mar 26, 7:20 pm, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: > 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%2Bunsubscrib > > [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.
