Smoking Bike

Yesterday it was the second time in my whole life that i saw my bike smoking up..

Well it did not come from the engine but it came from the radiator water which was leaking badly.

And it happen when i was in a middle of a jam coming back from JB..Fortunately, I was at the Singapore customs already.

Initially i did not realize it but the apeks and mats behind me were pointing it out.

I kind of ignore it for a while until smoke suddenly started to appear just below me…

So when that happen, i switch off the engine and now came the hardest part pushing it..Sheesh..You know how heavy an ST1100 with a full tank of 25 litres is. Madness!!! By the time i cleared the second clearance ( after custom checks ), I was already sweating all over and by then the water in the coolant was probably dried up.

Well calling the tow truck was kind of out of the way lah, so i took a risk and rode the bike probably at a 100km per hour speed to the workshop at Bendemeer. Ok by travelling at that speed, at least the fan system starts to function and the weather pretty much help a lot to cool the engine. Thank God.

At the workshop, well i always go to this mechanic, his name is Ayu - my dad and I always go to him whenever we need to service and do repairs for our bikes ever since we change from vespa to the super four, foursechs and now the ST1100..

What was the problem. Honestly after checking the whole coolant system, there isn’t any problems, no leaking pipes, no what. So what’s the problem man!!

Well Ayu pried open the whole casings of my bike and all he did was change the coolant cap, added the coolant elements and hmm that’s it. I was kind of surprised, the coolant cap was close to the engine but the leaking part was just below the seat. Eh what siah!!!

Well after enquiring Ayu about this, he said that due to problem with the coolant cap the water leaked out from the reservoir. Well he couldn’t really explain it clearly, but somehow i figured it that when the spoilt cap is too tight and it gets too hot, the right amount of air which was to be release couldn’t escape, thus the hot air eventually pushes the water out from the coolant reservoir which was under my seat.

So yup, the cap was changed and the coolant water / elements were changed and yes $40 burned…oklah its still not so bad cos every time i bring this bike in for repairs it will cost me an average of $100 to $200. So yesterday wasn’t so bad after all..

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