My p500 is smoking really bad I ran a compression test today and the gauge showed 125 on dry test and 130 on wet test is this good r should I be concerned I do not know what the compression should be and I don’t know anything about the bike as I picked it up used 2 weeks ago
I don't have the spec in front of me but can look in the shop manual tomorrow, that doesn't seem to be too far out of the normal range. Did you have the throttle wide open while you were cranking it for the comp test? That can make a big difference in the readings also.
More questions......
When is it smoking? At idle, on start up after sitting a while, under throttle, on deceleration? All can point to different issues.
What's the history of the machine? Miles/hours?
Has it ever been swamped, ingested water/mud?
What kind of oil are you using and has it been changed regularly? (it's not uncommon for synthetics to burn off a little)
For what it's worth, my '16 P5 had around 2500 miles of absolute hell......WFO just about everywhere, swamped several times and just beat to death in general. It would puff a little at start up after sitting a few days which points to bad valve seals and would've continued to run like that for many years. I only replaced them because I pulled the top end to do a big bore kit, the original cyl & piston still looked new. These engines can take a ton of abuse if properly maintained. It's now at about 4000 miles.
