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OK guys here's a weird one for you!!! :?
I was on my way to pick up my 14 year old daughter on my bike today, I was doing around 65 MPH and started slowing down for the next intersection, I pull the clutch in (since I don't like braking with the engine) and start applying both front and rear brakes. When all of a sudden I hear a loud noise like "CLOCK", at the same time I feel a very minor shutter. I get to the stop sign, still on the bike I look around for signs of any damage and I don't see anything. No oil leaks, engine temperature is fine, oil pressure light is not on. So I continue to my daughters highschool. There I get off and inspect the bike again, I can't find anything wrong. So I go on my merry way!
After I got home from work and upon closer inspection (on my back under the bike), I find a lot and I mean a lot of red grease smeared underneath my bike from behind the front wheel to the rear wheel on the lower fairings!! The front wheel looks fine no grease there, but the front fender has some grease under it. There is also grease on the radiator, the exhaust pipes (where they exit the engine, under the radiator) the rear tire and the rear fender, but no where else!
I inspected the entire bike and I can't seem to find where this red grease came from!!! Can it be that I ran over a cartridge of red grease???? I'll go back tomorrow to where this happened, maybe I can find the culprit!!
Anyone have any ideas what I should check on the bike? Is there any place on the bike where red grease would be used? :?
Thanks for your help and forgive me for the long post!!

I was on my way to pick up my 14 year old daughter on my bike today, I was doing around 65 MPH and started slowing down for the next intersection, I pull the clutch in (since I don't like braking with the engine) and start applying both front and rear brakes. When all of a sudden I hear a loud noise like "CLOCK", at the same time I feel a very minor shutter. I get to the stop sign, still on the bike I look around for signs of any damage and I don't see anything. No oil leaks, engine temperature is fine, oil pressure light is not on. So I continue to my daughters highschool. There I get off and inspect the bike again, I can't find anything wrong. So I go on my merry way!
After I got home from work and upon closer inspection (on my back under the bike), I find a lot and I mean a lot of red grease smeared underneath my bike from behind the front wheel to the rear wheel on the lower fairings!! The front wheel looks fine no grease there, but the front fender has some grease under it. There is also grease on the radiator, the exhaust pipes (where they exit the engine, under the radiator) the rear tire and the rear fender, but no where else!
I inspected the entire bike and I can't seem to find where this red grease came from!!! Can it be that I ran over a cartridge of red grease???? I'll go back tomorrow to where this happened, maybe I can find the culprit!!
Anyone have any ideas what I should check on the bike? Is there any place on the bike where red grease would be used? :?
Thanks for your help and forgive me for the long post!!