Like Graham said check for black plugs, if it is coming from the exhaust then it is over rich. Did you have the choke on? There is no danger from running rich, you just loose some performance and waste gas. If it was bad enough it will carbon foul the plugs and make the bike run very poorly.
Allen Thomas On Sep 16, 2014 2:04 PM, "Graham Rogers" <[email protected]> wrote: > What were you riding, was it a warm day, sun out? Check your spar plugs, > are they black, amber or white? Any fuel leaking from your petcock or > carbs? One smell test from a stranger on the road may not mean a whole lot. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Sep 16, 2014, at 12:51 PM, Barry Albrecht <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Another rider pulled up next to me yesterday and said there was as slight > gasoline smell coming from my exhaust. Was wondering what could be the > cause of this and is it dangerous? > > A quick look online makes it seem like the bike may be running rich? > > Thanks. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
