Intermittent Smell of Burning

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gazcoo
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Intermittent Smell of Burning

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Has anyone ever encountered an intermittent smell of burning from the front of the bike.  Usually follows starting after a stall.



Steve F
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Re: Intermittent Smell of Burning

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Yes to noticing a burning smell, of rubber. I only notice it on my 2015 LC after I've switched off the engine and only then intermittently. I haven't thus far found out what's causing the smell, and I recall an earlier thread on this subject if I recall correctly.
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Paggers
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Re: Intermittent Smell of Burning

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I get this (or at least something similar) on my bike and while I agree it smells like burning rubber, in my case I was able to trace it to road crap burning off the exhaust. I can't explain why it smells like rubber though.
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sepossivel
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Re: Intermittent Smell of Burning

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Happened to me a couple weeks ago ...
At same time the clutch said it was time to replace it .


Not sure if its related or not.



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