You have an oil stain in the exact same place that I do on the braided oil line. It is an internal failure of the rubber and it slowly bleeds into the braid. I got the dealer to order me a new line under warranty.
I have that stain also- from day one that it was new. I now have about 1K on the bike and it has not gotten any worse, but will certainly be keeping an eye on it.
I never thought of it being a failure. I thought it was from the coating getting too hot or something. Mine has it as well.
My bike has the oil line stain too. Three other Husky's I ride with don't have any discoloration on theirs. Oh well, I also got my dealer to order a new line under warranty.
That pic looks exactly like my bike. I guess there is an entire batch of these with the exact same flaw.
Is there any harm in just leaving it be? The discoloration doesn't bother me. But, if there's some kind of mechanical flaw that affects performance or longevity, I want to replace it.
I just went outside and took a pic of mine. I guess it's not as bad as I thought, but there is some discoloration there:
Moose Contour barkbusters. I stole the white/black plastic handguards off my KTM. I wish Moose had these in white/red, that would look even better. Installed Lock-On grips at the same time. I started a separate thread about those. Also in photo, Pro Grip lever rubber slip-ons I had laying around. I actually like them, worth the $5
Mine has the same in a few spots... it is from the vacuum canister fuel vapor line touching it. the rubber/color bleeds off really easy i drove mine a couple hundred miles with it in factory place. and i changed the position of the hose on the line after i got rid of the canister and right again where i put the line it made the same spot on the clear outer protective shield on the oil line. im sure u did not ride much with the canister in factory location cause your stain is pretty light. i see yours is now zip tied to the right there. hope that helps guys, i think it nothing to worry about unless u don't like the looks of it.
Brilliant observation! I thought it was strange that so many of these could have the exact same "leak."
I wonder if it is possible to slice out the discolored part carefully with a razor blade?? I saying just take off the surface layer, not going nuts. Once I get the new line from my dealer I'll try it.
My bike was never even fired up with that canister/hose system in place. It started out very small and has tripled in size over the last couple hundred miles. It isn't from rubbing on something in my case.
