- Joined
- Jan 27, 2013
- Messages
- 9,855
- Reaction score
- 34
- Location
- Brisbane Australia
- My Bike Models
- 1981 GL1100 “Rats Nest”
1998 GL1500c Val
1987 CBR1000f “The Pig”
1991 CBR1000f Red
Most would be aware of my minor leak with Val's radiator, well on yesterdays ride it was more than a few drops and was now quite a trail. After another stop there was now a pool of coolant on the top of the left head. I gave it one last big squirt of the throttle on the way home and then decided it was time to pull the radiator. As my radiator repairer had advised me that I need to make sure when changing coolants that I have flushed the system properly ( I hadn't ), I proceeded to flush the cooling system properly before removing the radiator. It ended up being three flushes with fresh water before I was happy to remove the radiator.
I was pretty slack when I removed the radiator and I didn't remove the tank ( as I had just filled it :doh: ) so that I could unplug the fan and ignition pickups easily ( I assumed that's what the wire was running into the timing case), instead I just unbolted the fan off the radiator brackets. I then cable tied the fan back in place so that I can still run the bike to get it up on the front wheel stand/clamp mount.
I was pretty slack when I removed the radiator and I didn't remove the tank ( as I had just filled it :doh: ) so that I could unplug the fan and ignition pickups easily ( I assumed that's what the wire was running into the timing case), instead I just unbolted the fan off the radiator brackets. I then cable tied the fan back in place so that I can still run the bike to get it up on the front wheel stand/clamp mount.