New bike here! now the ?'s ....

[Goris]

I picked up my 09 1125r today! I have (at the moment) two questions that I couldn't find in old threads;

1) When I turn the key on, "CT Cold" comes up; What is it/when&how does it go away/is it a problem?

2) When I turn the key on, the engine "primes" immediately, even with the ignition switch set on "off". When I hit the switch to run, it does nothing. Is this an 1125 ignition thing? Because my wife xb12 doesn't prime until you set the switch to "Run". It starts up just fine, I just wanna make sure I don't have any issues.

Thanks!

 

[Noobuel]

CT Cold goes away once the Coolant Temperature (CT) reaches operating temperature.
Priming is normal, starting only with the start switch on the hand controls is by design. [up]

 

[Goris]

one more thing, my battery light is on. Is that only a "low battery" warning?

 

[1badtitan90]

if you press the lower button on your gauge and go threw the menu it will show you the voltage.. the bike needs to be at operating temp to show this though... and when started it will usually always come on for a second or two then shut off.. if you have a manual read it.. it will show you some much more info about the menus on the gauges... have fun with it and be safe

 

[Loki]

Yes, the battery light is a warning light for low voltage. You may have to replace it. First do a charge on it, to see if that might fix it. Just do a long fun ride, or trickle charge her, or take her to a parts store for a charge.

When you start the bike and it gets warm do what 1bad said and press the lower button. The next thing will be the temp and voltage. Watch the voltage at idle and riding, idle it should be stable and riding it should rise (at higher rpms, aka no traffic riding). If it does both of those things then your bike is charging your battery and so your stator should still be in good shape (thank goodness). Just the battery could not be holding a charge.

 

[Goris]

Oye... Ok, so what it this clearish liquid dripping on my swingarm? I can't tell exactly where it's coming from, it's not fuel

 

[stensg]

Well knowing where its coming from would really help along with pictures but I'm willing to bet it is fuel vapors. Do you still have passenger pegs? At the bottom of the bracket on the left side there should be a small tube just sticking out. Follow the tube and see if its broke cracked or disconnected that's probably where its coming from.

 

[Goris]

I think it's coming from the fluid container under the seat? I don't know what that is, I'll put up a pic after I take one in case that doesn't help lol

Ugh I think this is the last one.... I am getting fluid leaking out of the engine on the right side (see photo)

From the hole the arrow is pointing to, it's a white-ish fluid

 

[Goris]

Ok, I think THIS is what was leaking;

I just picked a random pic from online, but what is that fluid?

 

[Goris]

oh and no passenger pegs, the tube is tucked down the side (not near where the fluid is dripping)

 

[Goris]

To clarify; The two pictures are for two different leaks.

 

[Goris]

It doesn't seem like the liquid that dripped on the swingarm is very forgiving... I don't think the drip lines will go away

 

[stensg]

Fist picture is your water pump i will let someone with experience with that leak fill you in on that but that could be a good size job to get it fixed.
The second picture is your rear brake reservoir. You really need to chase that leak down so you don't loose brake. Just replace the broken or leaking part. Cheap and easy

 

[Goris]

Leak chase down pronto, and hopefully this "good" size job is more sizable because man-hours, not dollars... lol

 

[Shawns]

Get the manual. the water pump is a job in itself. You need to get the crank locking tool to do that one.

 

[Goris]

What type of coolant should I put in the reservoir? And any additives? (Yes I already searched it in the forum, no I don't have a manual, and yes I already looked in what manuals I could find online).

 

[Beau]

I tried to email you a pdf manual at the link you sent me. Did it not work? I can send again.

 

[Goris]

No the link didn't work

 

[Goris]

Oh my computer wasnt letting me get to the pages but i fixed it! Now to start reading... thanks!

 

[OCrushXB9R]

To check voltage without bringing engine up to temp: Hold "mode" and "toggle" buttons. Turn ignition to "on" (do not need to start bike). Toggle through to voltage screen.

Or you can do it the old fashioned way with a multimeter.