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Hi, for a 'bit', my bike has been running stupidly hot. I think it used to run 5-6 bars on a 'typical' ride but now even when it's cold (6-7am) and I'm on the highway at 100km/h in 6th gear (so not pushing it at all, 5-6K RPM I think it is from memory), I still get 8-9 bars.
I just had a look at the K&N air filter Charlie @ Turn one put in last year (March probably it was?), seems pretty clean. A heap of dead flies sitting what you would call under the filter, on the plastic bit below the filter, not actually the filter itself but the air duct/cavern bit underneath
(I'm brain mush atm, swimming at 7am, went into town with my daughter to book in a tattoo and she took me for a walk/run most of the way so excuse me for not having clarity!)
Doing some searches, it seems air may be in the coolant as the air filter looks to be good/not blocked/falling apart or whatever, I don't know what else could be causing the heat issue at present. And I mean, it's been COLD some mornings on rides and it hits 9 bars pretty damn quick, I hit 10 once sitting at lights and the bike wasn't happy.
Anyway, going to try to to re-fill coolant, oil is good, I put some in a few months back (try to keep it to 6 months between oil changes) and it's like 98% of the level it was when I changed it. Unless people have other ideas what else it could be that I can look at? I posted this in Aussie forum as I'm trying to see what Aussie people put in for coolant, we may have 'localised' stuff so this isn't why I put it in a maintenance/repair section.
Cheers, but I'm happy I was able to get to the air filter by myself with the gimped arm, had to lean the tank on my shoulder whilst undoing the screws for the air filter as the pivot bolt just won't come out at all. I've WD40'ed it and tried everything but the kitchen sink to get the prick turning/out, oh well, air filter stuff doesn't need this bolt OUT, I can save some time by not trying to get it out any more. :curtsey:
I just had a look at the K&N air filter Charlie @ Turn one put in last year (March probably it was?), seems pretty clean. A heap of dead flies sitting what you would call under the filter, on the plastic bit below the filter, not actually the filter itself but the air duct/cavern bit underneath
Doing some searches, it seems air may be in the coolant as the air filter looks to be good/not blocked/falling apart or whatever, I don't know what else could be causing the heat issue at present. And I mean, it's been COLD some mornings on rides and it hits 9 bars pretty damn quick, I hit 10 once sitting at lights and the bike wasn't happy.
Anyway, going to try to to re-fill coolant, oil is good, I put some in a few months back (try to keep it to 6 months between oil changes) and it's like 98% of the level it was when I changed it. Unless people have other ideas what else it could be that I can look at? I posted this in Aussie forum as I'm trying to see what Aussie people put in for coolant, we may have 'localised' stuff so this isn't why I put it in a maintenance/repair section.
Cheers, but I'm happy I was able to get to the air filter by myself with the gimped arm, had to lean the tank on my shoulder whilst undoing the screws for the air filter as the pivot bolt just won't come out at all. I've WD40'ed it and tried everything but the kitchen sink to get the prick turning/out, oh well, air filter stuff doesn't need this bolt OUT, I can save some time by not trying to get it out any more. :curtsey: