Burning smell after short ride

[Drew]

take the offer man before he realizes he offered you $500

If you hadn't quoted me, I would never have realised the extra zero.

[placidfemme]

If you hadn't quoted me, I would never have realised the extra zero.

my bad, I thought it was 2 extra zero's, or maybe you are dyslexic and reversed it $0.05

[5150]

If you hadn't quoted me, I would never have realised the extra zero.

my bad, I thought it was 2 extra zero's, or maybe you are dyslexic and reversed it $0.05

You two should be ashamed of your selves, making fun of fellow bikers. Not his fault he bought a smelly bag of bolts.

[placidfemme]

You two should be ashamed of your selves, making fun of fellow bikers. Not his fault he bought a smelly bag of bolts.

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[5150]

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[sleemanj]

Bike doesn't smell too good after only like a 10-15min ride.

Check battery fluid level if it's a wet cell battery. I smelt a sulphurous smell once, I thought it was just how that groady old town I was stopped at smelt, 30 minutes later I found out it was my battery boiling dry, I found out because it killed 1 coil in the process :-(

Check the exhaust for things stuck to it, like, mud, tar, rubber off your boot heels (my old XV250 was a good one for that).

Check for small oil leaks from any seals/gaskets.

Check for electrical connections which might be getting melted (poor connection = increased resistance = heat).

[p.dath]

Bike doesn't smell too good after only like a 10-15min ride.

I give the ol exhaust a good whiff and it doesn't smell right ay, smell like it's burning or something, i've checked the oil level it's fine.

I did ride in like torential rain on the weekend and sat on like 8-9krevs coming back from hamilton sunday night....think I broke it shit!

What does it smell like? Oil? Rubber? Something else?

[nathanwhite]

I cleaned my header with WD-40 once.
Had a lovely burning smell wafting around after it warmed up and a 10 min ride had it smoking.

[DrunkenMistake]

As above, if you have the stock hyo battery, that coukd be the issue, otherwise im thinking either your reg/rec or alomg those lines, get yourself a volt meter and test the battery eith the bike off, then turn the bike on and hold it at 5,000rpm and test again it should never drop below 12 and the voltage when at 5 should be 13+

[sleemanj]

should never drop below 12 and the voltage when at 5 should be 13+

I'd add that 13+ should actually be 13 to 14.something - if it manages 15+ volts then the regulator is failing.

[G4L4XY]

It's stopped now...I did probably lube it a bit too much the night before and failed to get the excess off (thought it would like the extra lube) it's now stopped making the stupid burning smell.
Though looking underneath the fairing i've noticed a wire that looks like it should be plugged into something lol all the indicators and breaks etc work, might be the cable that makes things fail? haha

I really knew nothing about bikes before I got the hyo (still don't know f'all) but it's been a fun bike to learn on and it's now at 60k due to it being my only vehicle so it's done well.
Hopefully my next bike doesn't have any serious issues.