White discharge leak.
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Milky transmission fluid or motor oil. Probably transmission fluid in your case. Check your motor oil as well.
Caused by not thoroughly warming up the motor when you ride. Or, just starting it for a few minutes to "charge the battery" (which it does not!) over the winter.
Always plan to ride the bike at least 30 minutes until the motor is completely warm. Otherwise, condensation builds up and you create milky oil.
You must always get the motor up to operating temperatures to expel any moisture. Take a look at your car's tailpipe when you start it in the morning to see how much water comes out. Gasoline creates by products that have a high water content. Hydrocarbons + Oxygen = Energy + By Products (H20, NOX, CO, CO2, etc.).
John
Caused by not thoroughly warming up the motor when you ride. Or, just starting it for a few minutes to "charge the battery" (which it does not!) over the winter.
Always plan to ride the bike at least 30 minutes until the motor is completely warm. Otherwise, condensation builds up and you create milky oil.
You must always get the motor up to operating temperatures to expel any moisture. Take a look at your car's tailpipe when you start it in the morning to see how much water comes out. Gasoline creates by products that have a high water content. Hydrocarbons + Oxygen = Energy + By Products (H20, NOX, CO, CO2, etc.).
John
Last edited by John Harper; Jan 15, 2024 at 08:25 AM.
Do you take a lot of shorter rides?
Looks like moisture build up in the engine or transmission fluid and it's probably over full. Then you finally took it on a good ride where it got hot enough that the oil expanded enough to blow some excess out a vent, and the moisture that has bult up came with it. Probably transmission.
Looks like moisture build up in the engine or transmission fluid and it's probably over full. Then you finally took it on a good ride where it got hot enough that the oil expanded enough to blow some excess out a vent, and the moisture that has bult up came with it. Probably transmission.
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Thing I noticed was that the other day my bike was inside and after a ride it didn’t leak. Today I left it out obviously there was condensation and it was cold. After the ride this leak started.
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Condensation in the oil. Go for a 45 minute ride. That should get the oils hot enough to purge the oil of the condensation. I usually see this with motor oils and not transmission oils or primary oils.
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Hard to believe your not getting that Sporty warm in Florida.
Now it's normal to see that in the crank case gas that normal throws out wet vapor from the combustion till heat turns it to steam.
Make sure line has not come loose on the head ports on side of valve cover behind air filter
If it's not that, if bike was in a flood, first place it goes in is vent hose. Are your fluids levels OK?
Make sure both hoses still hook to 3. Is bottom of air box oily or inside full.
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Last edited by Jackie Paper; Jan 15, 2024 at 03:43 PM.
