Triumphrat

chieffieldeng · 08-06-2007

Good morning all,
Was giving the bike a bath Sat. morning and noticed some oily seepage around the top and bottom of the breather tube (I belive that is what it is. It's the chrome verticle tube right in front of the cylinders.). Is this a normal occurance with these bikes? She only had 200+- miles on her at that time. Put another 130 on her over the weekend and can see where it's still seeping somewhat. Now don't get me wrong, it's not very much but I'm concerned that it could get worse. Anybody else seeing this on their bikes?
By the way, Love the T100 and can't wait until break-in is over to do some serious riding.

mn9130s · 08-06-2007

My '03 did that for a while when I first bought it then it stopped on it's own.

Geoff · 08-06-2007

the seepage could be cosmoline or its equivalent, its on the bikes for shipping (across the ocean) and normally melts down, looking like a leak, for a few hundred miles. Keep cleaning it off and it'll go away after awhile
G
or if it does not stop on its own, it may actually be a leak

merlin · 08-06-2007

Geoff's, got it,,, cosmoline.. clean it, it will go away. Or not if you are into grunge