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Keeper
13th January 2006, 08:51
Hmmm...

Every motorbike I can think of that I have owned, smells like oatmeal or porridge when it is wet (from rain) and warmed up, and sometimes for a day or two after if I don't wash it.

Does anyone have any ideas? It smells real tasty, but I'm scared I shouldn't be licking my bike so have avoid this so-far.
bugjuice
13th January 2006, 08:53
i know what you mean! I think it's just the crap on the headers as it burns off. probably isn't all that tasty.

What gets me, is every so often I smell a bready-oaty sort of smell. No idea what it is, or where it comes from. I just smell it. I don't know if I should like it or hate it. And it seems to be at random I think. And no, it's not my arse.
ManDownUnder
13th January 2006, 08:55
i know what you mean! I think it's just the crap on the headers as it burns off. probably isn't all that tasty.

What gets me, is every so often I smell a bready-oaty sort of smell. No idea what it is, or where it comes from. I just smell it. I don't know if I should like it or hate it. And it seems to be at random I think. And no, it's not my arse.

And a real yeasty smell every full moon?
Colapop
13th January 2006, 08:55
Could it be a yeast infection?
bugjuice
13th January 2006, 08:57
lol.. not when I'm on the bike, the wind keeps that away
ManDownUnder
13th January 2006, 09:03
lol.. not when I'm on the bike, the wind keeps that away

That's just another way of saying "I ride alone" ...isn't it?
Sniper
13th January 2006, 09:04
Im game to lick the headers. Can't be as bad as a spark plug
nudemetalz
13th January 2006, 09:08
I get this strong farty smell from my bike, mainly when it's in the wet with the rear-end going sideways at 11,000rpm nearly out of control .....
Sniper
13th January 2006, 09:10
I get this strong farty smell from my bike, mainly when it's in the wet with the rear-end going sideways at 11,000rpm nearly out of control .....

Nothing major, thats just you shitting yourself :2thumbsup
nudemetalz
13th January 2006, 09:13
Nothing major, thats just you shitting yourself :2thumbsup

Ah, thanks, that's explains the deep depression in my seat.

Actually getting the ZX-10 sideways is fun as long as you realise it's long and heavy !!!
Sniper
13th January 2006, 09:14
Actually getting the ZX-10 sideways is fun as long as you realise it's long and heavy !!!

Never ridden one, so I'll take your word for it. :spudflip:
nudemetalz
13th January 2006, 09:16
Never ridden one, so I'll take your word for it. :spudflip:

Well, I'll be in Christchurch at Easter so you're welcome to take it for a blat then if you're there.
Colapop
13th January 2006, 09:18
He should be just about due for another break by then!
Hitcher
13th January 2006, 10:28
Maybe motorcycling is a good way for one to get one's oats...
Fishy
13th January 2006, 10:35
Well, I'll be in Christchurch at Easter so you're welcome to take it for a blat then if you're there.

Go for it Sniper! Awesome bikes man, rate it over my CBR1000RR (apart from looks) any day!.
nudemetalz
13th January 2006, 10:45
Go for it Sniper! Awesome bikes man, rate it over my CBR1000RR (apart from looks) any day!.


Umm,...mines an '89 ZX-10 not a ZX-10R 04/05 if that's what ya thinking......
:2thumbsup ....but it's still rather fast, and heavy and long and thirsty.....
Sniper
13th January 2006, 11:12
Well, I'll be in Christchurch at Easter so you're welcome to take it for a blat then if you're there.

As long as you let me buy you a few beers.
nudemetalz
13th January 2006, 11:16
no worries, actually we're staying in St Albans so we're prob around the corner from ya:spudwave:
Sniper
13th January 2006, 11:16
More than likely... what motel you staying at?
nudemetalz
13th January 2006, 11:23
Actually staying at my Grandmother's place (the best motel !!) in Gordon Ave.
yungatart
13th January 2006, 11:36
Hmmm...

Every motorbike I can think of that I have owned, smells like oatmeal or porridge when it is wet (from rain) and warmed up, and sometimes for a day or two after if I don't wash it.

Does anyone have any ideas? It smells real tasty, but I'm scared I shouldn't be licking my bike so have avoid this so-far.
Could it be too much oat sowing around the engine....:innocent:
nudemetalz
13th January 2006, 11:37
Could it be too much oat sowing around the engine....:innocent:
as long as they ain't wild-oats.....:shit:
Lou Girardin
13th January 2006, 13:43
Maybe motorcycling is a good way for one to get one's oats...

Wild or otherwise.
*sic
13th January 2006, 14:43
Wild or otherwise.

both.

gah ten charecto0rz
Sniper
13th January 2006, 14:57
Actually staying at my Grandmother's place (the best motel !!) in Gordon Ave.
I know where that is.:Punk:
nudemetalz
13th January 2006, 15:20
I know where that is.:Punk:

Good stuff...s'pose I'd better put some new hard compound rubber on it to alleviate the burnouts just out of earshot the poor bike may receive.....
Sniper
13th January 2006, 16:08
Lol, me and burnout don't go together. Too much wear and tear on the bike :innocent: