So Mr. Z (2009 C14) has 1600 miles since I bought him new in April. Last week I started to smell coolant when I was waiting at a red light.
So, following the advice on this forum I decided to check the header nuts (all were marginally tight) and found green coolant deposits running down the middle cylinder from the head area.
I cleaned off the coolant, checked the oil for any white residue (water in the oil) and ran the bike around the block to get the engine up to operating temperature. Parked back in the garage, placed bike on the center stand and used an inspection lamp to check the head area again. I could not see any "droplets of coolant" although the head area where the leak is coming from did have some moisture (different deeper green color) compared with the dried coolant which was a lighter green color.
Has anyone else had this probelm and do you think that having the head bolts re-torqued will be OK?
Thanks for your help.
Jon.