Coolant Leak/Overflow?

[jharrell]

Riding to day I heard a "psssst" sound then noticed coolant leaking. Not sure if it's an overflow issue or something serious. Since this is my first bike that uses coolant not sure where to check.

 

[HansO]

Riding to day I heard a "psssst" sound then noticed coolant leaking. Not sure if it's an overflow issue or something serious. Since this is my first bike that uses coolant not sure where to check.

if it is a coolant leak you will have greeny stains where it has come out, I know when my bike was only a couple of weeks old I had to tighten a few of the radiator hose clamps on the left side down in front of the oil tank. Mine were leaking just a little, this is quite normal for a new bike

 

[HansO]

If you don't find any loose hose clamps then start looking around the front and top and bottom tanks to make sure you don't actually have a split seam or a pin hole caused by a rock

 

[zimtuff]

Riding to day I heard a "psssst" sound then noticed coolant leaking. Not sure if it's an overflow issue or something serious. Since this is my first bike that uses coolant not sure where to check.

They can do that if they were overfilled. If your fan is cycling on and off when stationary you could assume it is not overheating.

 

[jharrell]

Never did get a coolant warning light.
I'll dig into it tomorrow and start looking around.

 

[jharrell]

Started the bike and watched. Coolant is leaking from multiple places. Guessing it's a bad seal. Less than 600 miles. Not happy.

 

[RKTNMYPKT]

I heard the same thing once, I looked down and realized I'd actually pissed myself

 

[HansO]

Started the bike and watched. Coolant is leaking from multiple places. Guessing it's a bad seal. Less than 600 miles. Not happy.

It is normal for rubber hoses to settle takes a few heat cycles if it is not leak from hoses but from other fixtures your dealer should fix it, incidentally tightening/checking the hose clamps is part of pre delivery and again t first service

 

[cootertwo]

Well, I did a rather "spirited" ride to my Dealership a couple weeks ago, for their Saturday get together, hamburgers hot dogs etc. around 90F outside. Someone came in from outside and wanted to know who's Rocket was pissing all over the parking lot? MINE! Was coming out one of the 3 hoses that hang out the bottom. They put on a new radiator cap, and all is well. Probably was just pissing out some excess.

 

[JRock]

First try removing and retightening your radiator cap when bike is cold.

Mine was not tight and was leaking.
It didn't look like it was coming from the cap.
The coolant kinda migrates all over.

It's easy to leave it loose a 1/4 turn. Give it a good twist ;-)