pete290

this is a long one. Turned out a number of problems. First was the fuel over oiled and fouling the exhast. This caused the original fire. As we originally discussed I then cleaned it up, changed fuel, changed spark, adjusted idle. Still running hot. So checked oil. It had gone milky. So changed seals and bearing on water pump. Refilled oil, water, again new fuel. Still very hot and melting fairing. The problem. I put in an iridium spark plug when it first went to sh*t and it was to hot for the bike. Thats not to say that the other stuff needed doing as well. Thanks for the quick response though. Took it out today and got muddy and remembered why I bought the bike. If it had kept on running bad I was about to sell it and go back to M biking. I think I could learn a valuable lesson here. Change one thing at once. Pete

What did it turn out to be. My 2007 290 has started to do the same. ie the exhast shield has melted and the exhast system gets very hot. Everything else seems ok. Bike starts fine hot or cold.