Exhaust leaking water

[SaskMick]

2003 California Titanium 

My exhaust leaking water, is this normal ? 

Another question.... Is it possible to kill whatever it is that stops me from starting the bike when it's in gear ?

[Triple Jim]

If you mean that it spits water droplets out the exit when when the engine is cold, yes, that's normal.

I'll let someone more familiar with that bike answer you about how to make it start in gear.

[SaskMick]

Jim,     There is often a puddle of water underneath the bike when I park it.     It clear water but it tastes disgusting.

[oldbike54]

 Stop parking over puddles , and try pulling in the clutch lever .

  Dusty

[guzzisteve]

That Cali has an 'Idiot Logic relay' i think. All the idiot switches go to it. Sidestand, nuetral, etc.. Jumper it and you are good to go.

If you ride it more than 10mi in a single bound it will be warmed up and not condense water in exhaust.

[Sasquatch Jim]

 Stop tasting bike pee.

[SaskMick]

That Cali has an 'Idiot Logic relay' i think. All the idiot switches go to it. Sidestand, nuetral, etc.. Jumper it and you are good to go.

The neutral light is useful.

If you ride it more than 10mi in a single bound it will be warmed up and not condense water in exhaust.

That's what I needed to know. Thanks

[Wayne Orwig]

Jim,     There is often a puddle of water underneath the bike when I park it.     It clear water but it tastes disgusting.

Try it with a little scotch.....


All internal combustion engines are water factories. If you are ever going to start them, you need to ride long enough to get it to a hot enough temperature to cook off the water. If not, the water is going to do damage.


That model has a neutral / sidestand interlock. NO SWITCH ON THE CLUTCH LEVER. You can't take it out of neutral if the sidestand is out.
You can wire around it, but why? Just stop running the bike on the sidestand while in gear, which is a bad idea anyway.

[Penderic]

Puddles? Sounds like your sidestand needs adjustment. 

[Muzz]

It is obvious that the radiator has a leak and that leak must be found quickly before you loose all your coolant.

The baby B has the feature that if you pull in the clutch the motor will fire up in gear. Great if you happen to stall it in slow traffic; trying to find neutral with a stalled motor in a line of traffic is not my idea of fun. It also has a sidestand switch, which I personally think is a great safety feature. I have had a sidestand spring break on a previous bike and it dug in two up when going around a corner at highway speed. Although we stayed up the right way it was frightening to say the least and I was pleased that there were no cars coming the other way.

If Steve's suggestion can be done while retaining the sidestand switch I would say do it.

[sib]

It's elementary:  fuel + oxygen ---> energy + carbon dioxide + water

Yep, you don't want to disable your side stand switch unless you believe that both you and your bike are infallible.

[yogidozer]

maybe it's not from the bike? 

[sturgeon]

Drinking water found on the ground is much like eating yellow snow.

[SmithSwede]

Believe it or not, but burning one gallon of gasoline in an engine creates about a gallon of water. 

That's why exhaust pipes rust.  And why engine oil can get contaminated by lack of sufficient heat. 

[charlie b]

I liked not having a neutral (or sidestand) switch.

How else can you get though traffic with a broken clutch cable.  :)

[guzzisteve]

All that crap just goes bad, bout as useful as the neutral light on a Convert(switch on the clutch cable).

[SaskMick]

My Guzzi's leaked what looked like vanilla custard vape liquid

It's definitely water     I saw it dripping from the exhaust.

I will get it good and hot tomorrow then leave it alone till spring.

[Dean Rose]

Ride it in one gear lower than you usually do or just keep the RPMs up.

Dean

[Penderic]

Water.

Its everywhere!

[jbell]

Ummmmm, do you have a dog??   

[Tom]

Ride it in one gear lower than you usually do or just keep the RPMs up.

Dean

 :1:  Loads of sins...from low rpm's.  Probably the main culprit to electrical "problem" with Bruce Springsteen's recent ride.

[Bulldog9]

Condensation until the engine and pipes are hot enough to burn it off. Is very common. Best to ride it long enough that the system gets hot and it doesn't build up and sit very often, otherwise you will rust out your muffler bearings.

[Penderic]

 :1:

[rocker59]

2003 California Titanium 

My exhaust leaking water, is this normal ? 

Another question.... Is it possible to kill whatever it is that stops me from starting the bike when it's in gear ?

Raise the Sidestand before starting, or unplug the Sidestand Switch.

[Cam3512]

 :1:

Good God man,  where do you get this stuff??

Brilliant!

[sib]

 :1:

That bearing must have come out of your broken wheelbase.

[redrider]

Have you noticed how the car exhausts emit fog on cold mornings after start up? Water in the exhaust. If those pesky intake valves would stay closed, the humid air is eliminated. (The bikes do the same)

MCN/ Dr. Barnes has a statement about electronic aids which I believe applies to safety switches: "these are systems designed to compensate for limitations in a rider's abilities...."

[sib]

...MCN/ Dr. Barnes has a statement about electronic aids which I believe applies to safety switches: "these are systems designed to compensate for limitations in a rider's abilities...."

The same could be said of parachutes.

[redrider]

In the early 70's there was a huge uptick in sky diving and yours truly got on the train. I was also riding motorcycles then. The two endeavors are akin in my estimation. It is about risk management. Back then, some new fangled gizmos were coming out all in the name of safety. We know how bikes changed but did you know about the black box that would automatically deploy the reserve chute? Yep, there it was, attached to my reserve pack ready to save me from myself if I passed a preset altitude above a set velocity. I stopped using one when another chute jockey had his activate on the ride up.

[sib]

Believe it or not, but burning one gallon of gasoline in an engine creates about a gallon of water. 
...

I just crunched the numbers and you are right on the button.  Depending on the particular fuel blend, which has slightly different density, a gallon of gasoline produces between 0.98 and 1.07 gallon of water.

There's the solution to the western drought:  everyone burn lots of gas.