Smells like burned rubber ?

[javahaxxor]

Hi,
Every time I ride, I feel the smell of burned rubber or burned oil. It's coming from the rear, somewhere between the shock and the exhaust, not the engine.
Clues anyone ? I have the OEM exhaust

 

[FZ1riderNY]

Hi,
Every time I ride, I feel the smell of burned rubber or burned oil. It's coming from the rear, somewhere between the shock and the exhaust, not the engine.
Clues anyone ? I have the OEM exhaust

Check your rear brake line and make sure it's not contacting the rear tire. I've seen it happen.

 

[va_rider]

Have a rear hugger installed? check to see if it's deforming and rubbing the tire. I threw a hugger into the woods from my ZX-7R because of just that...

 

[javahaxxor]

Thanks guys, i'll look tomorrow and report back

 

[mikeswe]

Sure you don't ride with the right foot resting on the brake pedal?
It has happened you know.....

 

[javahaxxor]

Sure you don't ride with the right foot resting on the brake pedal?
It has happened you know.....

haha, I'm pretty sure Nevertheless, I'll be sure to check next time I take it for a spin. Where in Sweden do you live ?

 

[mikeswe]

haha, I'm pretty sure Nevertheless, I'll be sure to check next time I take it for a spin. Where in Sweden do you live ?

Mjölby, ca 3mil SV Linköping. :rmwl:

 

[javahaxxor]

Mjölby, ca 3mil SV Linköping. :rmwl:

Malmö oke:

 

[Lonerider59]

It's pretty hard to detect where a smell is coming from on a bike unless it's parked and there's not any wind. Drive it for a bit, then park it in an area where the wind isn't moving the air around and then go looking for the smell. It's got to be somewhere that rubber or plastic is coming into contact with heat. Have you considered any part of the wiring? It's possible that a tire could be rubbing on something it's not supposed to be hitting.

 

[Earlzach]

I know the smell your talking about but for me it is the tire.
I hope you find the smell on yours.

 

[Hail]

Could the heel of your boot be touching the exhaust?

 

[javahaxxor]

It's pretty hard to detect where a smell is coming from on a bike unless it's parked and there's not any wind. Drive it for a bit, then park it in an area where the wind isn't moving the air around and then go looking for the smell. It's got to be somewhere that rubber or plastic is coming into contact with heat. Have you considered any part of the wiring? It's possible that a tire could be rubbing on something it's not supposed to be hitting.

Yepp, that's how I localized the smell first, I just need to do it again, and look for rubber/heat contact

 

[javahaxxor]

The previous owner had the tennis ball launcher re-painted, and the dealer said it takes a while for that heat-resisting paint to "burn in". I almost believe that

 

[utbrenner]

As previously stated, check your banjo bolt that's connected to the rear caliper, when I bought my 01 I noticed it was EXTREMELY close to coming in contact with the sidewall of my tire. Don't know if it's supposed to be mounted that close or not, but I swiveled mine away just a bit.