Quote Originally Posted by six2go View Post
Actually it may not be oil at all. When I took delivery of my Valkyrie back in '98, the dealer explained to me that I might see some drippings after a ride for a couple of days. He said that Honda uses a coating such as "cosmolene" when crating the bikes. Sometimes when prepping the bike, a dealer may miss getting 100% of it off and when the engine gets hot it will drip off. Mine never had the runs, but my dealer knew it might happen and prepared me just in case. Could be the same situation with your "6".
Triumph does the same thing with the Rocket III. Never seen it on my F6B though.