I have questions for you. Does your bike have a power commander? Or slips ons/full exhaust system? If so odds are she is juiced up, bro. Meaning your bike is running rich with extra fuel. This is not necessarily a means for concern. She has been juiced up for a reason, to make more power and compensate for the freer flowing exhaust. This scenario only comes into play if you have a power commander or similar device installed on your bike. If that is the case and the fumes are bad enough to make your eyes water and you are still concerned about it, then I suggest you take it to a tuner on a dyno who can shove a probe up her butt to read the fuel to air ratio and if necessary make the proper adjustments to the fuel map to make it run right. Also a dirty air filter can and will cause it to run rich!

At 41000 miles I highly recommend you have the valves adjusted, they may or may not be in need of adjustment, but, maintainace is key to a long lasting and reliable machine! If anything have your tb's sync'ed, you will shit how much more crisp and responsive the throttle will be after that is done. My bike has 8000 miles and I recently sync'ed my tb's and about killed myself on a test ride after completing the job!!!! It's a day a night difference after they have been sync'ed!!! Also while you are having that maintainace work done the bike is already tore apart have new spark plugs installed that way they are done and fresh!

* Last updated by: nasty on 8/19/2013 @ 5:14 PM *

I doubt if it is the valves or T-bodies.

I believe that the bike runs rich at idle. Mine makes a sweet smelling exhaust when I first start it. It always did have this oder even with the stock exhuast. I kind of like it. Might be ethanol??

I'll bet they run leaner at higher rpm.

If you have an aftermarket pipe, you are going to smell a lot more unburned fuel than the stock exhaust emits. I can smell mine too. No cats and no packing to speak of. Just a sorta baffle tube inside my muffler.

...but you prolly should have the valve clearance done. I did mine at 25,000 and most of the exhaust valves were in need of a small adjustment.

I'm at 41000 now and gonna have another look pretty soon.

I believe that the bike runs rich at idle. Mine makes a sweet smelling exhaust when I first start it. It always did have this oder even with the stock exhuast.

Now y'all got me sittin around in my garage smelling my dang exhaust!!! Now I'm thinkin i smell kind of an acrid sweetness, not too bad but not a pleasant odor. Again not too severe, just a whiff of that sickly smell. Now, I have less than 7k miles and my tb's are in synch. So. ???

Hahaha!!! I hope you remembered to leave the door open!!!

I do live in Washington nasty, so it could be anything! :)) lol!

* Last updated by: Cblast on 8/19/2013 @ 9:49 PM *