overheating?

["Paul Pemberton" <painbreton@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello!

Having recently subscribed to the list and already seen a couple of messages 
regarding coolant problems/overheating, I'm beginning to worry - I hope 
unnecessarily.

I'm the proud owner of a new (still running in, 300-odd miles) black ST and 
have noticed that the cooling/ventilating fans come on surprisingly often. 
It only takes a relatively few minutes of city driving for the fan to start 
cutting in occasionally, and when I stop the bike the fan fairly often blows 
on for a good couple of minutes. I would also say that the exhaust gas seems 
to be fairly "smoky" at start up... maybe humidity in the exhaust system??

Now this is my first liquid-cooled bike, so it all may be normal, but... 
just wondering if it's par for the course for the ST to run "hot?" (Temp. 
gauge doesn't indicate anything untoward, excessive - I'm driving in temps 
of about 15C/60F, and often rainy too :-( in Holland!

Thanks,

Paul,
(The Hague, NL)

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