steaming from rad and exhuast

help

came home from work today in the rain and put the bike in the garage
now normally i get a fair bit of steam of the front end near the radiator when its wet(is this normal) today the same happened but today i got smoke/steam not sure coming from inside the exhuast WTF is that should it do that to
if not whats wrong bike is a k5 with about 650 miles on the clock
wasnt riding any quicker than normal either

sounds perfectly normal to me.

even the smoke from inside the exhuast??
never happened before

Originally Posted by Carsick

sounds perfectly normal to me.

Concur.

it doesn't sound like smoke to me. the exhaust and radiator get hot, water turns to steam when it touches hot stuff. I get steam coming off of various bits of my bike all the time in the wet.

Originally Posted by Scoobs

Concur.

what those two said. my bike accidentally got wet once same thing happened. i **** meself but was reassured it was ok for my bike to get wet

Originally Posted by Carsick

it doesn't sound like smoke to me. the exhaust and radiator get hot, water turns to steam when it touches hot stuff. I get steam coming off of various bits of my bike all the time in the wet.

but it smelled like smoke and it was coming from INSIDE the exhaust

IF you feel the standard silencer after a trip it stays quite hot for some time after the bikes stopped, certainly hot enough to still turn rain into steam. As this is evaporating inside the silencer its bound to smell Smokey so yup I'd say its normal.

chris

If you're really worried, take it to your dealer and get it checked, but I still don't think it's a problem.

If I was you I wouldn't ride it.

Stand away from the bike. Lock it in a garage and brick the door up!

I reckon it could explode at any moment!