Bike pissing *water :(

[MotorbikerTom]

So i had a crash a last Tuesday, got my bike fixed last night and today was my first day on it. Riding absolutely fine until i give it some beans. My foot starts feeling wet, i look down and see something's leaking. It was right by my house so i just got home steadily and had a look. When the engines running it leaks, when it's off it stops. The fluid smells like oil but appears watered down, seems to be coming from the the upper side of the engine (if that helps). Is it the carbs? Radiator water?

Help please
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CBT: 19/02/11 - Mod 1: 27/03/11 - Mod 2: 01/04/11
'97 GS500E > '03 Hornet 600 > '16 Street Triple 675

[Kris]

Photos would be nice.

Also, what is the consistency? Oily?
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[DrDonnyBrago]

[MotorbikerTom]

I've tried to see if i can trace the fluid back to where it comes from but it stops around the part in the middle of the picture \/

https://img215.imageshack.us/img215/284/img0861pj.jpg

https://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2279/img0865s.jpg

This is what the fluid looks like\/

https://img600.imageshack.us/img600/8558/img0866jh.jpg
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CBT: 19/02/11 - Mod 1: 27/03/11 - Mod 2: 01/04/11
'97 GS500E > '03 Hornet 600 > '16 Street Triple 675

[Alpha-9]

Looks like water

How does it taste?
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[MotorbikerTom]

Yeah it does, that's why I'm not sure whether it's just the radiator fluid leaking from somewhere. I am yet to taste it
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CBT: 19/02/11 - Mod 1: 27/03/11 - Mod 2: 01/04/11
'97 GS500E > '03 Hornet 600 > '16 Street Triple 675

[DrDonnyBrago]

[MotorbikerTom]

Cheers Donny, I will check it out and hopefully sort it out
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CBT: 19/02/11 - Mod 1: 27/03/11 - Mod 2: 01/04/11
'97 GS500E > '03 Hornet 600 > '16 Street Triple 675

[Thelostone]

Is the part in the middle of first pic the cap thingy on the airbox drain. If the bikes been down the road could petrol have left the carbs into the airbox and mixed with any water (from condensation) that's collected at the bottom of the airbox?

[MotorbikerTom]

Yeah i think it is and it could have done. I'm waiting for my dad to get back before i take the tank off or do something to it
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CBT: 19/02/11 - Mod 1: 27/03/11 - Mod 2: 01/04/11
'97 GS500E > '03 Hornet 600 > '16 Street Triple 675

[Drake]

just taste it, if it tastes like petrol it petrol, if it tastes shittty its coolant
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[MotorbikerTom]

it was really sweet, as in tangy. It doesn't smell like petrol either
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CBT: 19/02/11 - Mod 1: 27/03/11 - Mod 2: 01/04/11
'97 GS500E > '03 Hornet 600 > '16 Street Triple 675

[Drake]

coolant
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was: derbi senda, aprilia sx125, nsr250 mc16, cagiva mito, cb600 hornet now: mk1 bandit, KR1S, landrover series 3 light weight 2.5 petrol, 5speed box

[Martay]

[MotorbikerTom]

You're all right! It's coolant

One of the radiator hose's has cracked the slightest bit, presumably under pressure from the crash. Now in the process of ordering a new one, but the delivery is expected at 7-9 days? So i have no transport, wicked

Cheers for the help guys
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CBT: 19/02/11 - Mod 1: 27/03/11 - Mod 2: 01/04/11
'97 GS500E > '03 Hornet 600 > '16 Street Triple 675

[Jim Mc]

Have you ever actually seen oil before?

[MotorbikerTom]

haha, i just put that in the title as i couldn't think of another word for it
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CBT: 19/02/11 - Mod 1: 27/03/11 - Mod 2: 01/04/11
'97 GS500E > '03 Hornet 600 > '16 Street Triple 675

[Drake]

fluids
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was: derbi senda, aprilia sx125, nsr250 mc16, cagiva mito, cb600 hornet now: mk1 bandit, KR1S, landrover series 3 light weight 2.5 petrol, 5speed box

[DrDonnyBrago]

[MotorbikerTom]

Unfortunately it cracked a little bit further in on the pipe, and there isn't enough i could take off and for it to still be securely fitted.

I'm bidding on a set of replacements at the moment which are half the price of the aftermarket ones. I'd rather not have those garish blue hoses on as well
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CBT: 19/02/11 - Mod 1: 27/03/11 - Mod 2: 01/04/11
'97 GS500E > '03 Hornet 600 > '16 Street Triple 675

[junglejim]

[Drake]

used the pre-mixxed stuff on the kwak, and i know that they have corrosion inhibitors. haven't had to drop the coolant on my hornet yet.
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was: derbi senda, aprilia sx125, nsr250 mc16, cagiva mito, cb600 hornet now: mk1 bandit, KR1S, landrover series 3 light weight 2.5 petrol, 5speed box

[MotorbikerTom]

Yeah we're got a ready mixed anti-freeze coolant. Should be fine
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CBT: 19/02/11 - Mod 1: 27/03/11 - Mod 2: 01/04/11
'97 GS500E > '03 Hornet 600 > '16 Street Triple 675

[jimbothe]

Whats the internal bore size of the pipe?
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[MotorbikerTom]

oooh, this is where me being an 18 year old rider with a new bike and not a vast knowledge of bikes shows
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CBT: 19/02/11 - Mod 1: 27/03/11 - Mod 2: 01/04/11
'97 GS500E > '03 Hornet 600 > '16 Street Triple 675