David Alderton

Dear FOAK,

You have very kindly helped me out before and I'd quite like to pester
you again:

I was just checking the oil and the book said to run the bike for 3-5
minutes, so I did, and i put my hand underneath the bike by the rear
wheel to have prod of something and felt moving air on my hand.

So I had closer look, and it seems there is a small hole where the end
bit of the exhaust (the fat bit) joins the thin bit and gas is coming
out. I looked in the book and there is nothing about it in there, so
should it be there or not?

The hole seems to be smooth and so I think it should be there, but as
I'm very new to this sort of thing, I'm not totally sure.

Here are a couple of photos I took, if it helps

http://www.holway.org/dave/Bike/imgdir2.php

(the pictures are about 700kb in total)

It's an XR125L (2003 model) and has 4100 miles on the clock from new,
and only been serviced by the dealer, but I did put some oil in a while
back.

Thanks in advance,

Dave.

entwisi

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 14:26:51 -0500, David Alderton wrote:

> Dear FOAK,
>
> You have very kindly helped me out before and I'd quite like to pester
> you again:
>
> I was just checking the oil and the book said to run the bike for 3-5
> minutes, so I did, and i put my hand underneath the bike by the rear
> wheel to have prod of something and felt moving air on my hand.
>
> So I had closer look, and it seems there is a small hole where the end
> bit of the exhaust (the fat bit) joins the thin bit and gas is coming
> out. I looked in the book and there is nothing about it in there, so
> should it be there or not?
>
Drain hole for condensation. perfectly normal.
--
Entwisi
FBOTY#2003 PIT#3(KoTL)
Honda XL1000V Varadero 'The Big V' Yam YB100

Whinging Courier

In uk.rec.motorcycles, David Alderton wrote:

> Here are a couple of photos I took, if it helps
>
> http://www.holway.org/dave/Bike/imgdir2.php

Is there any soot round the hole?

IANAE, but I thought an exhaust was only meant to have holes at each
end.

--
CBR1000FL - Pleasure
R850R - Pain

wessie

David Alderton wrote in news:Xns9525D0237B782davidaldertonbtinter@
216.196.97.132:

> Dear FOAK,
>
> http://www.holway.org/dave/Bike/imgdir2.php
>
> (the pictures are about 700kb in total)
>
> It's an XR125L (2003 model) and has 4100 miles on the clock from new,
> and only been serviced by the dealer, but I did put some oil in a while
> back.
>

Looks very rusty for a year old bike

The hole is to let condensation drain out of the can. There's probably
another one in the lowest part of the pipe.

--
BMW R1150GS

wessie

Whinging Courier wrote in news:MPG.1b5e48db7f9cd4ac9896f4
@news.individual.net:

> In uk.rec.motorcycles, David Alderton wrote:
>
>> Here are a couple of photos I took, if it helps
>>
>> http://www.holway.org/dave/Bike/imgdir2.php
>
> Is there any soot round the hole?
>
> IANAE, but I thought an exhaust was only meant to have holes at each
> end.
>

Nope. Steel ones would rust through in no time without a drain hole.

--
BMW R1150GS

David Alderton

wessie <putmynamehere@ukrm.net> wrote in
news:Xns9525D17517DDA23ert@130.133.1.4:


>
> Looks very rusty for a year old bike
>
> The hole is to let condensation drain out of the can. There's
> probably another one in the lowest part of the pipe.
>

As regards the rust, it's stored outside and I don't have a cover and
ridden all year round, TBH, cleaning the underneath has only just
occured to me. I'll invest in a cover.

Thank you for the information as regards the hole, though.

Tim

In message <Xns9525D0237B782davidaldertonbtinter@216.196.97.1 32>, David
Alderton <david.alderton@SPAMbtinternet.com> writes
>Dear FOAK,
>
>You have very kindly helped me out before and I'd quite like to pester
>you again:
>
[snip]

Looks like a condensation drain.

--
Tim two#21, YGL#3 & BOTAFOT#84

Due to the limitations of current email, the lip movements may be
out of synchronisation as you move your finger under the text while reading.

tim dot ukrm2 at dsl dot pipex dot com

David Alderton

entwisi <entwisi@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in
newsan.2004.07.13.20.30.42.856279@dsl.pipex.com:


>>
> Drain hole for condensation. perfectly normal.

Thanks,

Ace

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 14:26:51 -0500, David Alderton
<david.alderton@SPAMbtinternet.com> wrote:

>So I had closer look, and it seems there is a small hole where the end
>bit of the exhaust (the fat bit) joins the thin bit and gas is coming
>out. I looked in the book and there is nothing about it in there, so
>should it be there or not?

You know, IANAE, but I reckon it might just be a hole to let out the
condensation, like.

--
Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
GSX-R1000K3, CB400F2
BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, BOTCdV#1

Whinging Courier

In uk.rec.motorcycles, wessie wrote:

> Nope. Steel ones would rust through in no time without a drain hole.

Well you live and learn. I remember one of my old bikes suddenly blew a
big hole at the bottom of the pipe. That wasn't stainless steel.

--
CBR1000FL - Pleasure
R850R - Pain

platypus

David Alderton wrote:
> wessie <putmynamehere@ukrm.net> wrote in
> news:Xns9525D17517DDA23ert@130.133.1.4:
>
>
>>
>> Looks very rusty for a year old bike
>>
>> The hole is to let condensation drain out of the can. There's
>> probably another one in the lowest part of the pipe.
>>
>
> As regards the rust, it's stored outside and I don't have a cover and
> ridden all year round, TBH, cleaning the underneath has only just
> occured to me. I'll invest in a cover.

Daubing old engine oil or the like on with a paintbrush might help. Or not,
but it's the sort of thing I do.

--
Platypus

"thang"

sweller

platypus wrote:

> > As regards the rust, it's stored outside and I don't have a cover and
> > ridden all year round, TBH, cleaning the underneath has only just
> > occured to me. I'll invest in a cover.
>
> Daubing old engine oil or the like on with a paintbrush might help. Or
> not, but it's the sort of thing I do.

Waxoyl. Great stuff.

--
Simon

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