Flat Tire = Blued Pipes

[Red]

First off, cheers to Moto Guzzi for it's excellent,traction control system; it alerted me to a flat tire. (It was on the least invasive mode)
Rolling along at over 70 MPH it started cutting out as if I had bad fuel (and I just filled up) Traction control blinking. Pulled over and realized the engine ran fine. Rolled very slowly to find a wide a spot on the shoulder and realized I had a rear flat that was losing air fast.

While waiting for the tow, I noticed my head pipes had turned blue and a smudge mark on one muffler attachment point.   My guess is the fuel management was shutting down flow and it ran lean.
Ever happen to you?  It is a just bought 2017 Roamer V9 with 1400 miles.

[redhawk47]

Good guess.
My guess is that it was not firing, yet it was still providing fuel which was burning in the exhaust pipe.
I had similar results on my V7ii when the plug cap was shorting to the head.

Dan

[Groover]

Didn't know the newer bikes had these features. Pipes look actually very cool that way!

[Sasquatch Jim]

At least it wasn't flat pipes and blue tires.   Damn auto correct.

[Red]

Good guess.
My guess is that it was not firing, yet it was still providing fuel which was burning in the exhaust pipe.
I had similar results on my V7ii when the plug cap was shorting to the head.

Dan

That sounds like what happened. Thanks Dan.  And I am OK with the blues, just not instantaneously!