weird early morning occurrence.

[Rweimer]

In the morning, as I am firing up the bike for the first time, two puffs of smoke come from the front.  I have a 2004 gs500f.  The first time i saw it, i was alarmed, and i looked under the bike.  i could see two holes on either side where the smoke was coming from. once the bike was running for  a little while, the smoke stopped.  This was not a constant smoking coming from the bike.  This was just a few initial puffs coming out of these obviously stock holes.

It doesn't do it when the bike is hot.  It didn't do it that evening.

I am thinking that this is just a runoff of some sort.

Im somewhat worried, but i dont' know what to do.

The only thing i did differently is change the oil for the first time myself.  There is no oil leaks, nor any dripping.

There is plenty of oil in the bike .

If i had to guess, i would say i put a little too much oil in.

Thoughts?

[ashman]

Sounds like you got a lil oil on the headers. Even if you wipe it off it will still smoke a lil while the headers heat up. Once it burns off then it would stop. Prob. nothing major.

-ash

[ponchopirate]

What color is the smoke?  If it's white it could just be condensation evaporating off the engine.  If it's oil burning it has a pretty distinctive smell.

[Ry_Guy]

I'm with ponchopirate on this one. I'm curious to know what it was...

[Rweimer]

you know, now that i think about it, it could very well be condensation.  It has been muggy, foggy, and rainy here these last few days.  It doesn't smell like oil.  Problaby nothing.

another question.   I have put 5k on my bike now, and now it idles right at 1500 rpm.  the book says 1200 rpm.  how important is this difference?

[red_phil]

1500 RPM isn't too bad unless you sit in traffic at idle a lot.

If you sit in traffic a lot it'll make your fuel economy worse and make your bike more prone to over heating.

On the other hand on cold winter days I tend to up my idle speed to 1500 as at 1200 on a cold morning the bike ain't too happy.

[Rema1000]

Yep, I raised idle to 1500 when temps dropped below freezing.  But I have some carb mods that make mine run a bit rougher when it's cold.  It may not be necessary on a stock bike.

[scratch]

i could see two holes on either side where the smoke was coming from. once the bike was running for  a little while, the smoke stopped.  This was not a constant smoking coming from the bike.  This was just a few initial puffs coming out of these obviously stock holes.

Wait, where are these two holes that you speak of?

[Kerry]

And with that question, scratch busted through the 2000-post barrier.

Yee-haw!

[Rweimer]

the holes are on the sides of the engine.  i am not engine savvy, but ill try to take some pictures and get them hosted somewhere.

thanks for the quick responses.

i work for cingular former att wireless, so if i can offer cell phone assistance, im the guy to talk to.