Weird smell...

[ide508]

On the right hand side of the bike are the two exhaust pipes. These get hot.

Really ?

Add WD-40 to the surface of these and you get one unholy stench.

... metallic parts such as the wheels, frame... never thought of cleaning the exhaust pipe. Must think about it next time

for a fee

What, you have to pay when they do BMW recall under warranty ?

and then tell you it's just the dirt / WD40 on the radiator

That is another smart idea, after cleaning the exhaust pipe spray some WD40 on the radiator
How shiny you're bike must be guys...

 

[jamiec501]

i get this smell i thought i had traced it to the scottoiler putting to much oil on and iit flicking off the front sprocket then dripping onto the downpipe and burning off when i turnd the oiler down a bit it seems to have stopped. Then again if you dont have a scottoiler

 

[everywherevirtually]

What, you have to pay when they do BMW recall under warranty ?

No, but who says the smell is warranty work? If you send them off a mission to locate a smell that turns out to be just dirt burning on the hot engine parts they will charge you handsomely.

As an aside I got a very strong smell of brakes burning the other day. Turns out it was the car in front. I pulled along side the woman driving it, at the traffic lights and informed her that her handbrake might be still on. She took a look and in a suitably gormless manner said 'Oh yeah, silly me. How did you know?' I said "I've been breathing in what's left of your handbrake for the last quarter mile"