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When I bought mine used, the bottom port was melted shut and the hose from the radiator had been rerouted to the top port of the overflow bottle. I road it this way for a year with no problems before seeing someone else's post about the bottom melting closed. I thought, "What bottom port?" I studied the manual and reallized what had happened, redrilled my bottom port, hooked the hoses up right, and put reflective aluminum tape over the port to reduce the radiated heat load from the exhaust. It's now been plumbed correctly for 5 months, but doesn't seem to cool any differently than when it was plumbed backwards. -Bryan> Has anyone ever had the bottom outlet on the coolant reservoir > melt ????? While it still has water in it ???? Yeah it sound crazy > to me as well, but I have just drilled a hole through mine because > It had sealed shut causing the bike to overheat. > > Answers on a post card.
<><><><><><><><>>> Cycleman, I don't understand why you'd want to involve the battery in this set up. All you have to do is provide a ground for the wire to the radiator temperature sending unit and the fan will activate. The hard to see switch makes a lot of sense. I used an on off on switch for mine with a safety cover. Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT> That's normal for the KLR and a by-pass switch is the best way to go. > > It can be wired directly to the battery with the switch in a place > hard > to see so nobody walks by and flips it on and runs down the > battery. > > Cycleman >><><><><><><><><><>
good,my service manuals are to far away for me to just get them and i wonder if anyone knows how to fix this delima of mine.> > the cooling fan doesnt turn on but i checked the fan and it is still
I started to get the same problem with my 87' and I think the problem is the sending unit. Mine was not consistant about on/off, even when Iparked it. I would walk away after the fan shut off, but go back through the shop an hour later and it was on again! I decided to think for the bike and put a switch above the gauges(the black headlight blocker) and now I turn it on after I start it. This has worked great while trail riding, especially when climbing hills and going slow. Give that a try, I think that's the best answer even if you replace the thermostat and get it working right. GM> > --------------------------------- > Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
good,my service manuals are to far away for me to just get them and i wonder if anyone knows how to fix this delima of mine.> > the cooling fan doesnt turn on but i checked the fan and it is still
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----- Original Message ----- From: Angelo Petrolini To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 8:49 PM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] over heating the cooling fan doesnt turn on but i checked the fan and it is still good,my service manuals are to far away for me to just get them and i wonder if anyone knows how to fix this delima of mine. --------------------------------- Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
On 7/5/06, revmaaatin wrote: > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com , Blake > Sobiloff wrote: > > > > On Jul 4, 2006, at 9:36 AM, revmaaatin wrote: > > > Anybody here comment on the time you took for broken ribs/collarbone > > > before you were riding again? > > > > I broke my right collarbone on the dirt bikes at Freddy Spencer's > > school. I think it was about 10 weeks before I could ride my > > motorcycle on the street for short rides, and probably 16 weeks > > before I was comfortable on all-day rides. This was street riding, > > though, not dirt. > > > Hi Blake, > Thanks for the response. This moring I plugged in the Battery Tender > and I sought out someone to ride my bike next week to get it up to > operating temps for the oil change. For all intents and purposes, I am > done for 2006, as per 'Coach Saline'. > revmaaatin. > > > -- James Morrow Sr Union, MO '00' RT + dual plug + Bunkhouse '00' BUSA + 15hp '05' KLR650 + big fun factor [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]