>From your description it sounds like it might be oil leaking onto the cross over pipe or it could just be road grime. Either way it's something you want clean off; take it from me, vehicle fires suck. My buddy's RX7 caught fire a few weeks ago. Not something I need to do ever again. Let us know what you find. If it's an oil leak you may need to fix depending on how big the leak is. You do mean something below not under the cap was smoking right?
As to over heating what are you using as a reference point for the bike getting hot? Running hotter than it used to, hotter than your car, hotter than your buddy's lawn mower? It's rather hard to judge without a temperature gauge of one sort or another. It sounds to me like you just let it sit too long idling. If it's moving it's not getting cooled. Once warm don't let it idle longer than a few minutes, also be careful of this when caught in traffic jams. The only other things that could cause an overheat are the cooling fins being caked with dirt, which they don't appear to be. The motor being full of sludge, or possibly the mixture being extremely lean. Unless the bike sputters and misbehaves all the time it's unlikely it's the mixture. -- 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.
