Tank extremely hot

The Duchess of Desmo · May 17, 2014

Parked the bike in the sun for an hour outside home
Shocked when I put it in the garage at how hot it was to the touch.
Next day Michael commented that he had touched my tank in the garage and was amazed at how hot it felt. This was several hours after it was parked in the garage.
Have to say it concerns me, combined with the heat from exhaust
Will I combust riding along!!!

wilkson · May 17, 2014

Same thing happens to my head when I put in the sun for a hour .

Jello · May 17, 2014

wilkson said:
Same thing happens to my head when I put in the sun for a hour .

92GTA · May 17, 2014

Is that honey? WTF? lol

A melting wax figure would have been better, just sayin.

wilkson · May 17, 2014

My head innards feel like they might be doing that soon I really want to feel better today .

Jello · May 17, 2014

92GTA said:
Is that honey? WTF? lol

A melting wax figure would have been better, just sayin.

Looked like motor oil to me, so I figured it was close enough. Or if we're feeling particularly poetic, I could state that perhaps a true motorhead perspires the stuff.

92GTA · May 17, 2014

Jello said:
Looked like motor oil to me, so I figured it was close enough. Or if we're feeling particularly poetic, I could state that perhaps a true motorhead perspires the stuff.

I'm more about engines than motors but who knows in 10 or 20 years lol

Jello · May 18, 2014

92GTA said:
I'm more about engines than motors but who knows in 10 or 20 years lol

What?s the difference between a motor and an engine? | MIT School of Engineering

92GTA · May 18, 2014

Jello said:
What?s the difference between a motor and an engine? | MIT School of Engineering

Haha, good read, and so true! Where I'm from, motors are electric and engines are combustion. Simple at that. But I suppose as time goes on and society adapts as pointed out, it will come to mean different things to different people in an ever changing cycle throughout the hundreds of years. Kinda makes you think about allot of words like that. Thanks for the link!

2013RedSabs · May 18, 2014

From a hot tank to a lesson in Etymology! [laughs and shakes head]

Where else can you get that in 10 posts or less? Wait, don't answer that.

AntiHero · May 18, 2014

Shouldn't be that hot after so many hours. I've noticed mine is unusually hot from time to time. Can't imagine anything is actually wrong with your bike....it's not like a component could fail and then cause your gas tank to overheat. Only danger I could see would be if your overflow vent lines are pinched. Easiest way to verify that would be to take the gas cap off when it's hot. If a bunch of air escapes, it's obstructed.

B1199S · May 20, 2014

Ride it and refill tank, mine felt pretty cool between my legs after i re-filled it

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