In the rain

[bala]

Its been going on ages, probably since getting the bike..

but when its raining and I'm stopped in traffic etc I get a lot of smoke or steam coming up through the handle bars.I'm assumimg cause the pipes or somthin else is hot

anyone else find this

[barry_dxb]

im pretty sure its just the rain falling on your headers. you'll notice it if you wash your bike just after a ride

[philipintexas]

If it doesn't have a sweet smell (anti-freeze) it's probably water kicked up into the radiator/headers and turning to condensation.

[Shifty1]

to steam coming off of wet headers.

[Hitman]

Made worse when your fans come on and blow it up through.

[Old Blue]

I believe my fender extender would ( will since you have ordered one ) help somewhat with that issue as less water would be sprayed from the front tire into the rad area and also less in on the pipes too.

Larry.

[jonathan]

I get that too. The worst part is that it fogs up my visor, so that I'm forced to crack it open which now means that I get rain on the inside.