Front Wheel Spindle Oil Seals.

When I started washing the bike yesterday, I stopped at the front wheel.
There appears to be grease leaking from the front spindle oil seal, both sides. Obviously not normal.
This has sprayed onto the wheel rim as well.
The second photo RHS, I started to clean it off, then stopped.
Total mileage is 860 odd from brand new.
Obviously I am going to contact my dealer 50 miles away.

Yes I could remove the front wheel, clean it all up and ride to the dealers with only photographic evidence. However that seems counter intuitive to safe riding.

My preferred action is not to ride the bike as grease could / will / has spread on to the rotors. Dealer / Triumph RAC collects the bike & transports it to the dealer.
Am I beefing overly cautious?

 

Thanks for that, but the bike is just over 3 months old. Don’t know if that would cause a problem with the warranty.
Also I would want the brake pads replaced.

 

Good point. However even so the oil seal should have stopped the grease striking a bird for freedom.

I think that it is probably newly arrived but I can’t swear to that. I feel that I would have noticed it when I applied ACF50 over the rims (twice before). I believe that I would have easily seen the grease streaks on the rim, see last photo.
The pads must be contaminated with grease, confirmed by looking at the edge & face of the disc. This is especially apparent when one compares front to back discs. That alone makes me very uneasy using the bike at any sort of main road speed.

 

@TRIPLE X

You are dead right. Thanks for your post.

I sent pictures to the dealership. That was their interpretation. Not a problem.
So I will clean it off, remove the pads and inspect. Clean the disc & pads with brake cleaner. Then ACF50 the rim again.