What was smoking on Tomac's bike?

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Edited Date/Time 1/24/2020 4:03pm
Did y'all notice Eli's bike smoking last weekend? Kinda looked like it was coming from the back wheel area. The more I looked it may have been the engine PCV venting.

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Jaybird67k wrote:
Did y'all notice Eli's bike smoking last weekend? Kinda looked like it was coming from the back wheel area. The more I looked it may have...
Did y'all notice Eli's bike smoking last weekend? Kinda looked like it was coming from the back wheel area. The more I looked it may have been the engine PCV venting.

Jason
https://m.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Tomac-s-bike,1370663

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Smoke out of the breather hose from clutch use
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Stewable wrote:
Smoke out of the breather hose from clutch use
Saw that last year and zoomed in in slow motion to see it and you are correct.
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The breather hose from new experimental CBD oil injection.
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Hman144 1/24/2020 2:04pm
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He was making so much time, had to be overheated flux capacitor.
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The tempers of all the guys he passed🤑🤑🤑🤑
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Heavy on the throttle and heavy on the clutch = smoke
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peelout wrote:
smokin' alright
smokin' alright

Thank you Peely, for always being the sense of reason around here.
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I noticed it from the very beginning of the main and I was surprised nobody mentioned it. I just assumed it was something obvious and his bike was fine.
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I suspect that they have had so many clutch issues with that generation engine that they purposely overfill the engine with oil.... since they can't modify the engine cases.... which makes it cough smoke out easier.

Just theorizing.
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“It’s just a little oil leak”. Can’t wait for this type of insight & wisdom again for the rest of the series.
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JB 19 wrote:
I suspect that they have had so many clutch issues with that generation engine that they purposely overfill the engine with oil.... since they can't modify...
I suspect that they have had so many clutch issues with that generation engine that they purposely overfill the engine with oil.... since they can't modify the engine cases.... which makes it cough smoke out easier.

Just theorizing.
Good way to kill the rest of the engine. Over fill it - likely large increase in aeration.

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