Today I'm having the bike towed to my dealer - my Engine valve cover blew a hole ! (see pictures)
The incident happened after +/- 175 Km into a 500 Km ride, i had stopped at a gaz station to fill up an upon leaving the station I saw a lot of smoke coming form down under so I immediately pulled over. I immediately called my wife who came to the rescue and my brother in law who helped get someone to two the bike back home.
During the wait I met up with an individual on a KLR who helped my diagnose the problem (his the one who found the whole on the engine cover. Prior to the incident the bike was running like usual - smooth as butter and when the incident occurred I did not hear anything only saw the smoke coming from the engine bay!
I AM IM TOTAL SHOCK !
1) Imagine if this happened on a trip ?
2) Have anyone seen/heard of something like this happening ?
3) Any idea what could have caused this ?
The kicker in all of this is that my warranty just expired +/- a month ago, not sure how this will be dealt with on the repair side - all I want is that the bike be repaired properly and it be like new again !
The incident happened after +/- 175 Km into a 500 Km ride, i had stopped at a gaz station to fill up an upon leaving the station I saw a lot of smoke coming form down under so I immediately pulled over. I immediately called my wife who came to the rescue and my brother in law who helped get someone to two the bike back home.
During the wait I met up with an individual on a KLR who helped my diagnose the problem (his the one who found the whole on the engine cover. Prior to the incident the bike was running like usual - smooth as butter and when the incident occurred I did not hear anything only saw the smoke coming from the engine bay!
I AM IM TOTAL SHOCK !
1) Imagine if this happened on a trip ?
2) Have anyone seen/heard of something like this happening ?
3) Any idea what could have caused this ?
The kicker in all of this is that my warranty just expired +/- a month ago, not sure how this will be dealt with on the repair side - all I want is that the bike be repaired properly and it be like new again !
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