poof of smoke!

i started my bike up as usual this morning and a great poof of smoke came out from the front of my bike.... ie near the cylinders somewhere!!!

i thought.... **** ive blown a gasket or something.

instead of wheeling it back into the garage, i started it up again and it seemed to run correctly. so after some inspection i rode it to work as normal.

i am baffled by this.... how did all this smoke escape from the engine?? are there any outlets, like relief valves that would let out the air at high pressures???

or have i blown a gasket or something?

at the end of my 10 mile journey, the bike was idling just fine.

any help or reference to personal experiences would be helpful.

Originally Posted by branny

a great poof of smoke came out from the front of my bike

A genie maybe? Were you rubbing it again?

If the bike's running OK and it doesn't happen again too soon, I'd be inclined not to worry too much.

This is the third post on the same sort of topic in as many days?? Me I would blame the carb spitting back through the air box - but is there anything else going on (fuel issues ??)

ahh, well sorry for posting a common problem, i havent been on this site for a while and we all know never to type 'poof' into a search engine


my colleague thinks this to be a starter motor problem ??

it seems plausible, but there was quite a bit of smoke....

i dont think its a commen problem, & strange it has happened to 3 peeps this week, but i have not heard of it b4?

i like the genie idea as you could wish for it to stop happening, and also wish for a yellow one

it seems to be happening to curvies so could it be carbs? is it deffo smoke or could it be vapors

I have had a good look round my bike after my poof of smoke...

I am going with the vapour`s from the carb theory as i cannot find anything and the bike is running fine.

Maybe its my little SV genie granting me a wish

I'm guessing it's cropped up now due to the weather getting colder so the bikes need a bit more choke plus more reluctance to turn over caused by a flatter battery (cold drain?) and the oil being thicker. Just my thought.

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=97856

not mine Pete shes kept in a nice warm house and fed caviar

Could be the starter circuitry. Heavy current to starter motor through loose connection or broken wire causing arcing and maybe burning the plastic wire covering or oil???? Would only need a second or two to give off black smoke from melting wire!!

Otherwise I'd go with the genie!