Puff of smoke

[woodchuck]

Today while riding my spyder, I started to turn on Rte 81 PA north and downshifted to fourth. When I got on the gas,:helpsmilie: a puff of smoke came fromthe front of the spyder by the handlebars. Rode for quite a while and the puff of smoke came again:gaah: but not very heavy. No lights came on the dash. It ran Okay after that. Any ideas what caused this? 09 SM5. 4200 miles on spyder.
Thanks for any help you can give me on this matter.

 

[NancysToy]

Probably oil leaking from the airbox...that is the usual symptom, but you had better pull the Tupperware and check thorougly, to make sure.

 

[sandrunr1]

Hello. I have had this happen to me on my wife's 2009 SM5 a few time. I took all the covers off and checked the breather box. Only thing I found was a little oil in the box. Seems to me that a very small amount of oil gets up neat the throttle body and on occasion it burps and makes a little smoke. I have found nothing to worry about. My 2010 SE5 hasn't done it yet but Im sure it will. Not scared. Just ryde.

 

[groundeffect]

Probably oil leaking from the airbox...that is the usual symptom, but you had better pull the Tupperware and check thorougly, to make sure.

:agree: Absolutely check it out - remove the panels and look for things out of place, oil drips on/around the fan and the radiator and anywhere else. Could be something serious like burnt wires or something, to something like just blow-by oil from the airbox dripping on a hot radiator. In any case, check it out, get in the airbox, clean it and keep looking until you found the root.

Let us know how you make out.

 

[boborgera]

Today while riding my spyder, I started to turn on Rte 81 PA north and downshifted to fourth. When I got on the gas,:helpsmilie: a puff of smoke came fromthe front of the spyder by the handlebars. Rode for quite a while and the puff of smoke came again:gaah: but not very heavy. No lights came on the dash. It ran Okay after that. Any ideas what caused this? 09 SM5. 4200 miles on spyder.
Thanks for any help you can give me on this matter.

No panels need be removed for this check,
Right side panel put your hand up just behind the radiator and feel the bottom of the air box, if it's wet with oil it's oil blow bye.
Very simple fix if it is :thumbup: