This happened on my 1988 VL800.
Just returned from a trip the day before, about 3 and a half hour open road ride. Then today i got on my bike just in town, rode for about 5 mins after warming it up.
At a intersection white smoke appeared from the middle section of the bike with a strange sweetish smell. Soon after then bike lost electrical power so stand light, neutral light wont show. The bike will still move downhill so the engine is not seized and still has the small level of oil from when i checked.
Any ideas of the problem? Ran fine all day on the previous ride.
Thank you.
Just returned from a trip the day before, about 3 and a half hour open road ride. Then today i got on my bike just in town, rode for about 5 mins after warming it up.
At a intersection white smoke appeared from the middle section of the bike with a strange sweetish smell. Soon after then bike lost electrical power so stand light, neutral light wont show. The bike will still move downhill so the engine is not seized and still has the small level of oil from when i checked.
Any ideas of the problem? Ran fine all day on the previous ride.
Thank you.