Long story but need the expert help-
Ran 300 miles down to Chillicothe Ohio for the Easy Riders Rodeo Saturday.
No issues and bike ran fine.
About 100+ miles from home notice temp gauge was rising fast in the cities. Red light and stop signs.
Pulled over to gas up about 80- miles out and noticed coolant on the tube behind rear cylinder. I had white chalk on the
lower case and when I wiped the tube coming out of the rear cyclinder got some coolant just a tad. I had seen this previously
and was going to do the coolant flush and go through hoses in the next two weeks when weather turns. That and pull PVC and
do the Ivans ECU upgrade.
Had to ride it home and I watched gauge like a paranoid schitzo. Running down the highway at 70+ (2200RPM - 2500 rpm) the gauge
would sit just shy of center. If I dropped down to 45-55 in construction zones it would creep up. At any stop sign it would climb pretty
fast but I never sat long enough to see it go over the first mark past center.
I'm guessing I'm way down on coolant and will dive into it today. Hoping it's only an upper hose and nothing more..
I've Tinkers coolant change thread printed out sitting in the garage... so that's what I will be doing today.
Crossing my fingers no real damage has been done.
Anything else to look for?
Thanks
Ran 300 miles down to Chillicothe Ohio for the Easy Riders Rodeo Saturday.
No issues and bike ran fine.
About 100+ miles from home notice temp gauge was rising fast in the cities. Red light and stop signs.
Pulled over to gas up about 80- miles out and noticed coolant on the tube behind rear cylinder. I had white chalk on the
lower case and when I wiped the tube coming out of the rear cyclinder got some coolant just a tad. I had seen this previously
and was going to do the coolant flush and go through hoses in the next two weeks when weather turns. That and pull PVC and
do the Ivans ECU upgrade.
Had to ride it home and I watched gauge like a paranoid schitzo. Running down the highway at 70+ (2200RPM - 2500 rpm) the gauge
would sit just shy of center. If I dropped down to 45-55 in construction zones it would creep up. At any stop sign it would climb pretty
fast but I never sat long enough to see it go over the first mark past center.
I'm guessing I'm way down on coolant and will dive into it today. Hoping it's only an upper hose and nothing more..
I've Tinkers coolant change thread printed out sitting in the garage... so that's what I will be doing today.
Crossing my fingers no real damage has been done.
Anything else to look for?
Thanks