Brown water drip from hardtop

[pete s]

Anyone out there have this problem??
I have a 2018 R31 CB with a hardtop over the aft cockpit. I get copious amounts of very dark reddish/brown water dripping off the inside edge (starboard side) of the hardtop, from inside of that "woven" decorative headliner... Stains the deck and canvas cover of the folding seat, but washes out with light soap/scrubbing. Seems to be related to heavy rains a day or two before, but not necessarily after rain (? condensation ??). Crawled up above the top.. cannot see a source of a leak... Got a theory about leakage from the factory mounted "slide" mounted to the edge if one were to ever make a canvas/eisenglass enclosure...Makin' me nuts !! Any ideas ??
Pete S.

 

[Kevin Lamont]

Anyone out there have this problem??
I have a 2018 R31 CB with a hardtop over the aft cockpit. I get copious amounts of very dark reddish/brown water dripping off the inside edge (starboard side) of the hardtop, from inside of that "woven" decorative headliner... Stains the deck and canvas cover of the folding seat, but washes out with light soap/scrubbing. Seems to be related to heavy rains a day or two before, but not necessarily after rain (? condensation ??). Crawled up above the top.. cannot see a source of a leak... Got a theory about leakage from the factory mounted "slide" mounted to the edge if one were to ever make a canvas/eisenglass enclosure...Makin' me nuts !! Any ideas ??
Pete S.

Hey Pete,

I have seen this and there can sometimes be water trapped above the liner, especially on heavy rain days, and then it drips out the side. I have also seen this like you described on the track, we seal the screws but not the track itself. It is a simple job to remove the track, clean and prep the surface and reinstall. Hope this helps.

Thanks,

 

[pete s]

Kevin... thanks, will try that... (can anyone ask for more when a manufacturer monitors a blog site and offers help ??)
Pete