my first rain ride

rocco · Post by **rocco** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 8:35 pm

hi guys,

on the weekend it pissed down half way into a trip out of town.

The ride and bike went well but i noticed when i got back moisture or water in the reservoir that the air filter is positioned to. No water went through the filter but it did leak out of a drain hole in the plastic assembly.

When i wash my bike or get caught in the rain, should I always check and clean the resevoir that the air filter lives in?

without obviously blocking the air intake is there a way of minimising water entry?

thanks

Roc

Barrabob · Post by **Barrabob** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 8:43 pm

There is usually a deflecter and a drain if you have ram air, I have ridden my six for like 600+ kms in the rain at highway speeds and didnt bother with cleaning it out till its next service and would asume that kawasaki have thought of these things.

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:27 pm

rocco wrote:...but it did leak out of a drain hole in the plastic assembly....

all is well - the drain hole is doing its job, you have nothing to be concerned about.

rocco · Post by **rocco** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:04 pm

i only noticed it because this morning i seen what looked like an oil leak
but after feeling it , it felt not a slippery

then i took the sie fairing off to see where it was coming from

its on my gpx250r

thanks
guys

BladeBoy · Post by **BladeBoy** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 6:23 am

It's no good if it's not slippery in the morning ask Gos

Duane · Post by **Duane** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 6:28 am

mate

Good chance if you rode in the rain it will just be the oil/lube off the chain in the front sprocket, thats dripped out over night due to the water/heat

rocco · Post by **rocco** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:28 am

nope it definately came from the resevoir where the air filter lives

it leaked out of the drain hole

Duane · Post by **Duane** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:39 am

Was your bike dirty at the time, ride any dirt roads?

Often stuff like that (dirty marks on the garage floor) after riding in the rain

Can either be like the chain lube, or dirt turning into mud and collecting crap and spitting back out after it stops raining

I wouldnt stress to much if it came out of where the airfilter is appart from possibly cleaning your air filter.

rocco · Post by **rocco** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 5:17 pm

it had an oily petrol smell to it but the viscosity was like water

Strika · Post by **Strika** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 5:35 pm

As others have said, what you described is normal. Kawasaki are pretty cluey. They banked on it ocassionally raining while riding one of their fine two wheeled creations. .............so......being the smart little buggers they are, they took some measures to enable people who want to, to ride in the rain.

They figured the water was getting in from the vents, but also knew that the air came in there too!!! Conundrum hey!!! Well here's what they did. They worked out where the water would collect in the airbox based on airflows, and the smart little bugger fitted the airbox with a drain!!!!!! How smart is that hey!!!!!

Now, here's the killer bit!! Air filters are oily, unless they are the cardboard cartridge types. So, if you wet them, the oil and water mix together. Then, bugger me, it drains out the little airbox drain hole that Kawasaki engineered in to it!!! How feckin good is that hey!!!!

rocco · Post by **rocco** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:26 pm

thats exactly what it was.

did scare me for a minute as i thought i cracked sumfin or a hose came undone

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:33 pm

Strika wrote:As others have said, what you described is normal. Kawasaki are pretty cluey. They banked on it ocassionally raining while riding one of their fine two wheeled creations. .............so......being the smart little buggers they are, they took some measures to enable people who want to, to ride in the rain.

They figured the water was getting in from the vents, but also knew that the air came in there too!!! Conundrum hey!!! Well here's what they did. They worked out where the water would collect in the airbox based on airflows, and the smart little bugger fitted the airbox with a drain!!!!!! How smart is that hey!!!!!

Now, here's the killer bit!! Air filters are oily, unless they are the cardboard cartridge types. So, if you wet them, the oil and water mix together. Then, bugger me, it drains out the little airbox drain hole that Kawasaki engineered in to it!!! How feckin good is that hey!!!!

thats the best description i ever read...well done mate...pisseded in me pants...

mrmina · Post by **mrmina** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:00 pm

riding in the rain is fun ..... not

MiG · Post by **MiG** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:07 pm

mrmina wrote:riding in the rain is fun ..... not

At least it makes a GPX250 feel like a fast bike. Hooray for rear wheel shenanigans, although I can see it going bad pretty easily.

Lainie · Post by **Lainie** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:09 pm

MiG wrote:
mrmina wrote:riding in the rain is fun ..... not
At least it makes a GPX250 feel like a fast bike. Hooray for rear wheel shenanigans, although I can see it going bad pretty easily.

I loved riding Kemit (gpx250) in the rain.... I used to get it out as soon as it started to rain

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