Motorcycle.com

gmower · 06-11-2010, 06:04 PM

Help, my 2001 Honda 650XL seems to run fine on the road & around town, but I am losing serious compression & I am getting white bursts of smoke whenever I climb a hill. The engine seems to be much hotter after a ride than usual....This sounds like some kind of engine ring/seal problem, but I am no mechanic....I've had 3 of these Honda in the last 20 years and this is the first engine problem I have ever experienced....Does anyone have any ideas?

MOKE1K · 06-12-2010, 06:25 AM

Get a compression tester and test it to be sure. I am assuming you've checked your oil level right? Is it a noticable loss of power? How many miles does it have? Do you have it maintained regularly? Do you ride it regularly? And is that everyday or every week? Or every month?

Diagnoses on line would seem similar to poking your manhood around in the dark at a strangers house. Please give us some history. Oh and if anyone here asks, just tell'em you have a manual!!!

MOKE1K · 06-12-2010, 06:27 AM

Also you might look at the airfilter and see if any debri may have made it past the filter and is scaring up your cylinder.

pplassm · 06-12-2010, 07:32 AM

Check your valve adjustment, too. Tight vaves could cause this, too.

MOKE1K · 06-13-2010, 07:20 PM

That would be the next thing Id check.

Kenneth_Moore · 06-14-2010, 06:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MOKE1K

Diagnoses on line would seem similar to poking your manhood around in the dark at a strangers house.

This is a really unique metaphor, Mokely. Please fill us in on it's origin.

Wait, no, don't.

MOKE1K · 06-14-2010, 07:12 AM

My imagination is it's origin. Scary huh?

MOKE1K · 06-14-2010, 07:26 AM

Seriously though, It doesn't bother me they don't have a service manual. It's when they are so vauge, and most times don't give any history, year, model. It's like the thousands of calls I used to mistakenly answer.

Example: Hello thanks for calling Cycle Sports this is Moke can I help you.

-Yeah I got a red Suzuki, it don't run how much to fix it?

The_AirHawk · 06-14-2010, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MOKE1K

Example: Hello thanks for calling Cycle Sports this is Moke can I help you.

-Yeah I got a red Suzuki, it don't run how much to fix it?

"How much ya' got?"

06-11-2010, 06:04 PM	#1
gmower Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 1	Bike Losing Compression & overheating Help, my 2001 Honda 650XL seems to run fine on the road & around town, but I am losing serious compression & I am getting white bursts of smoke whenever I climb a hill. The engine seems to be much hotter after a ride than usual....This sounds like some kind of engine ring/seal problem, but I am no mechanic....I've had 3 of these Honda in the last 20 years and this is the first engine problem I have ever experienced....Does anyone have any ideas?

06-12-2010, 06:25 AM	#2
MOKE1K Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kalapana, Big Island Posts: 3,956	Get a compression tester and test it to be sure. I am assuming you've checked your oil level right? Is it a noticable loss of power? How many miles does it have? Do you have it maintained regularly? Do you ride it regularly? And is that everyday or every week? Or every month? Diagnoses on line would seem similar to poking your manhood around in the dark at a strangers house. Please give us some history. Oh and if anyone here asks, just tell'em you have a manual!!! __________________ "YOU CAN'T BOLT ON SKILL" "The only thing limiting your bike, is you" We survived Bush you'll survive Obama! "the most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive." --thomas sowell

06-12-2010, 06:27 AM	#3
MOKE1K Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kalapana, Big Island Posts: 3,956	Also you might look at the airfilter and see if any debri may have made it past the filter and is scaring up your cylinder. __________________ "YOU CAN'T BOLT ON SKILL" "The only thing limiting your bike, is you" We survived Bush you'll survive Obama! "the most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive." --thomas sowell

06-12-2010, 07:32 AM	#4
pplassm Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,875	Check your valve adjustment, too. Tight vaves could cause this, too. __________________ Mongo just pawn in game of life.

06-13-2010, 07:20 PM	#5
MOKE1K Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kalapana, Big Island Posts: 3,956	That would be the next thing Id check. __________________ "YOU CAN'T BOLT ON SKILL" "The only thing limiting your bike, is you" We survived Bush you'll survive Obama! "the most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive." --thomas sowell

Sponsored Links	Remove Advertisements
Motorcycle Forum Advertisement

06-14-2010, 07:12 AM	#7
MOKE1K Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kalapana, Big Island Posts: 3,956	My imagination is it's origin. Scary huh? __________________ "YOU CAN'T BOLT ON SKILL" "The only thing limiting your bike, is you" We survived Bush you'll survive Obama! "the most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive." --thomas sowell

06-14-2010, 07:26 AM	#8
MOKE1K Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kalapana, Big Island Posts: 3,956	Seriously though, It doesn't bother me they don't have a service manual. It's when they are so vauge, and most times don't give any history, year, model. It's like the thousands of calls I used to mistakenly answer. Example: Hello thanks for calling Cycle Sports this is Moke can I help you. -Yeah I got a red Suzuki, it don't run how much to fix it? __________________ "YOU CAN'T BOLT ON SKILL" "The only thing limiting your bike, is you" We survived Bush you'll survive Obama! "the most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive." --thomas sowell