Anybody ever seen this?

SoBad

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I went to adjust the idle on my '05 and saw this on the bottom fairing. What in the hell would cause this? I only have around 1000 miles on the bike but wanted an opinion from you guys before I bring it back to the dealer.



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Ok, I give.. what are we looking at?

To me it looks like the paint is blistering.

Also looks like some kind of damage caused by liquid.

I would take the fairing off and see if there is anything on the inside. That looks like it might be just below where the battery is. Check to see if something has happened to the battery and see if it looks like that mihgt be caused by battery acid.

That is the only thing that comes to mind
 
Yep, I bet Thrasher is right, check the battery, I bet it boiled over or the case is cracked due to someone like the dealership over charging it.
 
Well im going out to check the battery compartment right now. I'll let you know what i find.
 
Just checked the battery compartment and its clean as a whistle. The battery casing looks good too.
 
Just checked the battery compartment and its clean as a whistle.  The battery casing looks good too.
You havent been messing around with someone elses girlfriend have ya? Just kidding man, who knows, maybe poor paint preparation.
NJ.....its gotta be some type of chemical. Poor prep would look a little different. Some chemical is stripping the paint.

SoBad....have you done any maintenance at all?
 
Just checked the battery compartment and its clean as a whistle. The battery casing looks good too.
You havent been messing around with someone elses girlfriend have ya? Just kidding man, who knows, maybe poor paint preparation.
NJ.....its gotta be some type of chemical. Poor prep would look a little different. Some chemical is stripping the paint.

SoBad....have you done any maintenance at all?
I'm with you man, it looks corrosive . Some kinda bad sheat there!
 
Hmmm any chance you might have drove over some kind of corrosive substance? fuel? maybe drove over a road that was about to be asphalted? It looks like some kind of chemical / corrosive damage.

I would take it back to the dealership and say you just now noticed it. Ask them to either give you a perfectly reasonable explanation as to why they should not replace it, or tell them they need to replace it.

Check real close to all the metal from the battery compartment down. see if there are any signs of damage that someone might have cleaned up.

Example, when the dealership put the bike together someone could have put it on a charger, over charged it, blew the battery then did a real good job cleaning it up, put a new battery in and all but might have missed what you found.
 
I'm pretty sure it's not anything from the chain because the chain is on the other side. Here is another pic.

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I wonder.... I know coolant is a corrosive.... I wonder if it was hot enough, would it do that???
 
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