I bought a 2011 and it seems to be leaking a dark gray film on the rear wheel. The bike has1500 miles on it. Any ideas thanks
Hi Guys/Gals, I'm new to this forum. I bought a 2011 C14 last August 2011. I've had tons of bikes and this one is by far my fav. I live up in Alberta, Canada. I usually will put 20,000 kms or 12,500 miles on my bike annually. Last yaer I was only able to put 6000 kms as I got the bike late in the season and the snow comes quick up here. This year I rode down to Oregon and hit some nice roads. Upon my return to Calgary I noticed the rear hub leaking diff oil badly. The dealer said it was under warrentee and it was the seals. After waiting almost 2 weeks they installed the seals but damaged the bearings. The wait for new bearings was going to take us into late September so they has a 2011 used C15 and decided to use the parts from that bike to get me on the road. The used bike had 6000 miles on it. Rode the bike home last night and after 20 miles distance, I checked the hub and it was warm to the touch.
My question is, should the hub (Pumpkin) be warm? I think not. Now if it were really hot to touch I would think the bearings are done, I do hear clicking when I spin the wheel backwards, but have read this seems to be normal. If warm is the norm then OK but I will be testing it this Saturday to see how hot the hub gets. Just to be clear, the wheel hub was cold, but the diff part was warm, not hot. 20 miles at 65 mile/hour.
Let me know what you think. I'll follow up after Saturday to see if it get really hot in such case will be riding right back to the dealer...
Dave
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My question is, should the hub (Pumpkin) be warm? I think not. Now if it were really hot to touch I would think the bearings are done, I do hear clicking when I spin the wheel backwards, but have read this seems to be normal. If warm is the norm then OK but I will be testing it this Saturday to see how hot the hub gets. Just to be clear, the wheel hub was cold, but the diff part was warm, not hot. 20 miles at 65 mile/hour.
Let me know what you think. I'll follow up after Saturday to see if it get really hot in such case will be riding right back to the dealer...
Dave
C15 eh? So you are running with a used rear drive? I wonder if the bike goes faster with that drive installed? You Canadians are lucky. We don't have any C15s down here.
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Down Jim, DOWN!
Brian
You know, they stop that after you neuter them.
Yes, Checked it last night and it has new diff oil and is full. No leaks yet. C15, ahhh yeah sorry bout that. It's the new prototype Connie....Oh btw the used bike was a US model so it actually does go faster!! . Love the bike, much better than my old ST1300. I have the Murphy Kits risers (Ok I'm old and my back needs as much help as possible) and a Cee Baileys Ultra tour windshield. That's it. The bike has everything else and more as is.
I am going to take it out for a long ride this Saturday and will pull over every so often to check the heat at the pumpkin. If it gets really hot to the touch I will be going striaght to the dealer. My buddy rides a R1200RT and will be following me and i'll compare his heat output to the connie. Not sure it's a fair comparo, sure wish I knew someone else up here who rode a connie.
Thank for your comments as it really is good to get great feed back, thanks again!!