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Meeting at Melton Park and leaving at 10:00am. £5.00 to join and all proceeds go to the Dove Cottage Day Hospice. The route will be around 65 miles. For further information, please see the Facebook event page about it: https://www.facebook.com/events/1563320657315889/?active_tab=posts" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.facebook.com/events/990391194333222/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; " 13th Annual Easter Egg run to Rainbow Ward at West Suffolk Hospital. (Name change as the last toy run saw riders from much further afield than West Suffolk alone. Still the same annual run) This event is open to ALL modes of transport, Bikes, cars, Trikes, tractors, scooters etc. 13th Annual Easter Egg Run & promoting motorcycle awareness* Sunday 27th March (Easter Sunday) in aid of the West Suffolk Hospital Childrens unit. Leaving Walkers Snack Bar, Barton Mills IP28 6AE @ 1pm, Bring new/sealed Easter Eggs or toys for ages 0 - 16. Cars welcome 2 come along. For info/toy donations, plz txt 07880695492 "

Oky, I'll tell him to. Think he's about ready to give up on it, bless him.

Question, does the bike have an inline fuse connected to the battery? I had one on my 125, it did this kind of thing. check the fuse, removed it from the holder and tug the ends of the fuse. my fuse looked fine until we removed from the holder and found the cap has desoldered/corroded so would make connection and then go over a bump and it would move and disconnect the battery... new fuse and bingo all sorted. just an idea Well I said to him to about it and he's checked all the fuses and box inside and out and it was all OK and still having the issue. I found a thread saying about valve clearances, could they cause the issue do you think?

Heya Stu, cheers for the suggestion. He says so far he's: Changed Fuel & Air Filter Coolant Change Kick Stand Sensor Cleaned Carbs & Sparks Checked New vid: "> He says there is some corrosion on the battery terminal and he will be replacing it soon.

Hey all Any ideas on the cause of a ZX6R cutting out when slowing down? It's a friends bike, here's a vid of it doing it over 3 days: "> Any help appreciated.

Ok I've done it - The stuff that came out didn't look too bad, a little dark and murky. I believe this was due to any remaining green in the system mixing with the blue. http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w11/BBBikergirl/coolant1_zpstcuhoqaa.jpg When I got to draining the reservoir tank, I took the hose off to drain but nothing happened... was there anything in there? Used a torch on it but couldn't see a thing. So added some water to it and it came flowing out the overflow. So I found a soft bendy hair roller (Only thing I could find suitable at the time haha) and I stuck it down into the reservoir right to the bottom and gave it some plunger action. I then saw this big load of darkness rising up. Turned out it was blocked by a ton of old very thick green sludgy coolant - obviously that had happened when that hose was unconnected for all that time before. (No wonder I struggled to see where the level was). I knocked it about and kept running water through it until it finally cleared and drained. It was also all in the hose too, so lifted the tank, disconnected it from the other part that it meets up to and then squirted water through it till is was clear. I've hopefully bled the system properly (Run it for a bit and revs till I didn't see any more bubbles coming up - just the coolant rubbling on top as I revved in the end) Taken her out for a little ride around today and it seems fine. As for the yellowy-brown layer - still not sure, but will just check back up on it every now and then

Ah ok, it does get quite hot when sitting, never in the red but about 3/4 or the way then the fan kicks in and brings it down a bit. I only notice a smokey exhaust on colder days usually. I have had coolant dribbling down the rad from the big hose at the back of it, but I've tightened the clip up a bit more and I think it's stopped doing it, only did it though when the bike got hot at slow speeds/sitting. I'm gonna do a coolant change on it in the week still I think - just for piece of mind. Can't hurt and isn't expensive.

Heya Dav3y, Around 1k miles roughly i'd say. It's a Delkevic rad. The picture doesn't show it up too well, but basically when you look closely, the coolant has light streaks/swirls in it and looks a bit cloudy. There's also the thin yellowy-brown layer of stuff around the rad neck and on the filler cap. It also smells a bit 'off', not sweet like when I put it in. Once I connected the hose I found that was unconnected from the rad, back to the reservoir, I assume the green coolant in there has probably mixed with the Blue Honda coolant that I put fresh in the bike which is why it looks greenish again. (Could also be any leftover green coolant that didn't drain out from before, but it was fresh from the service it had earlier in the year anyway) I think I have lost a bit out of the reservoir, I'll try and add some more to see if I can notice where the level is. I really struggle to see the amount in there. But I noticed on some longer rides i've done where the bike is sitting getting hot that I've see dribbles of coolant coming down from where the big hose is that connects to the rad near the filler cap, but I've tightened up the clip a bit more and I think it's ok now. I did also notice a small wet patch just under the bike when I went to get it out the shed the other day, wasn't sure what it was or if it was from the bike but it was just under where the water pump is. Everyone keeps telling me to leave it, it'll be fine.. but I'm not convinced and I'm worried to ride it :/ I've ordered some more coolant and will do a coolant change again on it in the week, at the least for piece of mind and see what it looks like properly and see if it does it again with the new coolant.

Hello once again all, So since replacing the rad and figuring out the overflowing coolant was due to a non connected hose to the reservoir, bike has been fine. Today I was going to take her for a ride and thought I nest check the coolant in the rad, make sure it was all ok as hadn't checked it for a while - took the cap off to find the coolant looking milky and I can see swirls/streaks in it, and a thin yellowy-brown coating around the neck and on the rad cap. :( I can only assume this is probably head gasket? Someone did mention it could be something to do with oil cooler o-rings. I spoke to the Honda garage on the phone and the guy says he wouldn't think it would be head gasket as I'd notice other problems too and could just be oily residue from the new rad mixing with the coolant. He said I should firstly just do a coolant change again and see if it does it again. I'm worried about running the bike though in case I make it worse. I did run it just now though to check the oil. Let it sit running for several mins on the abbastand and oil and level seem fine. http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w11/BBBikergirl/001sm_zpsamushn7p.jpg http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w11/BBBikergirl/004sm_zpsnoqpmcmw.jpg http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w11/BBBikergirl/007sm_zpspigst6xt.jpg Thinking about it.. it's only done this since connecting the hose back up to the reservoir that I found unconnected, which was why coolant was coming out from the bike somewhere.... I wonder if the coolant in the reservoir was just manky maybe? But then again, how would it have got like that in the first place :/

I will try that first then upload and link a short vid if not. Thanks Edit: Sorted! You were right, they are tight once I fitted the stand and tightened it Thanks!

They sent me Fitting Kit 2. I have no idea if thats the right one :/ the fittings for mine are the cup types.

Hey all, Just got an abba stand - want to try it out today but the fitting kit is confusing me - The bigger sized bit fits nicely in the hole and over the nut of fits both sides, the smaller bit (That looks the basically the same size as whats on the stand already) only fits over the nut on the right hand side of the bike, but it's not snug, it's more wobbly and loose - is that normal?

Well, it did a puddle again. So I got it home and really had a proper look around it and decided to trace the routes of all the tucked away hoses. Look what I found!: http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k539/bexyboo88/DSC_0006_zps7mfo2zvm.jpg It was tucked down a part of the engine under the tank, this was where the coolant was dropping out from lol! Apparently it's supposed to connect to the coolant reservoir/header tank under the seat!! So I traced the hose from the reservoir and sure enough, there it was (Also routed under the tank): http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k539/bexyboo88/Bikes/DSC_0006_zpswkfmynga.jpg These two route and connect under the tank, so I took took the bolt holding the tank down out, lifted it and wedged a thick torch under it. I had just enough room to fit my hands under to route & connect them. Hopefully that'll have solved the issue, finally! Fingers crossed

Here's an updated vid from yesterday - I took it to that car park again. (Skip to 2:30 to see) "> I've washed the bike and got rid of the coolant dribble marks from inside the area around the engine, under the tank and will check if there's leaking from there after long ride around, hopefully tomorrow. If I can manage to do it, will sitting the tank loose or slightly swiveled round enable me to get a better look down inside that area? I don't have a stand yet (Hoping start of next month ) so not sure if loosening the tank is stable to do on side stand.

Fo' Sho'. If you get coolant splashed up in to the overflow then yes, this could well be a cause. It's just a bit odd that it didn't come out of the overflow tube though by the looks..

I've just done the test to let the bike sit idling and warm right up. I let the fan kick in twice and checking all around the bike - no coolant. I turn the bike off - no coolant :/ I think I should take it out for a ride around and see if it does it then perhaps.. The entrance to that car park does have a big speed hump that you have to go over, surely that wouldn't have had any relevance?

Ok, thanks for the advice guys. I might have someone coming over at the weekend whos pretty savvy with bikes if he's free, and hopefully he can help me. Someone else mentioned that on the Hornet forum too. I realllly hope it is something like that, that is not so bad. What I'm gonna do tomorrow is get it out and do that the test where I let it sit running and heat right up and see if I can spot where it comes from.

Too good to be true. Hi again all, so after the new rad replacement I took it out and it was great. Then 2 days ago I rode a hour to the coast and back again and still fine. Today I go down to town, stop in the car park (Of doom! where It first happened) And there comes the coolant again. But I had a look there and then and noticed it isn't coming out of the overflow. It's dripping down from somewhere else. I tried to trace it but hard to see properly. Think I'm gonna have to try take the tank off. I've put a short vid together to show what I could see: ">

Went out today, did a 20min loop round some local backroads. (It's roasting out there today!) Stopped back home, Got off bike with it still running, checked it, Turned bike off - No coolant from overflow! Smile So took a ride up to a Tesco's, got some lunch and then came home again - No coolant from Overflow! Very Happy So it's looking promising to me. Very Happy. Gonna go on a ride with some other local lady bikers up to Sunny Hunny at the weekend so that'll be a longer test, but feeling positive and relieved Well actually, I was surprised how easy it seemed. Because there was 2 of us, it wasn't so bad because when the rad was unscrewed the fan is still attached and the wire goes up under the tank somewhere. There wasn't much point in trying to take it off as well, so I held the rad whilst my stepdad unscrewed the fan from it, then he held the fan so it wasn't hanging from it's wire and I pulled the rad out, then I took hold of the fan and rested it on the towel I'd put over the front wheel and he clipped it on so it wouldn't fall etc... Then I held the new rad whilst he screwed the fan onto it. So with teamwork, I'd say it's not really a difficult job.

It's done! http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k539/bexyboo88/Bikes/001_zps7lud8usl.jpg Will take it out tomorrow and make sure everything is ok, and see if it has resolved the problem. Fingers Crossed!

Thanks ok I've got 4 litres (4x 1L) of premixed coolant, gotta go up to town in a min so with see if I can get hold of distilled water anyway to use to flush through. http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k539/bexyboo88/Bikes/delkrad%20002_zpskkrw2qnh.jpg Will be attempting to fit it later when my stepdad comes home

So my new rad arrived from Delkevic. Tomorrow(/today technically) I am going to attempt to fit it myself (With much needed help from my stepdad hopefully). I've got pro Honda coolant to go back in it. A couple of questions if anyone knows: 1) You think that I should drain the coolant via the drain plug on the water pump (as it says in the manual) or just do it via a low hose? 2) Should pour some water (Tap? or I can get some distilled) through the new rad before fitting it to make sure it's clean inside? Any other tips welcome before I fit it Smile Hopefully it all goes well - Fingers crossed!

Yeah could try that, I'm not sure if it's leaking from the hole or from around the edge (As it's been 'fixed' around it too). Been speaking to some people tonight and they reckon a new rad is the way to go too. Said it looks like whats happened is someones put a bolt in thats too long or screwed it in too hard. Looking at the bolt I took out of that hole, it actually has 2 washers on it, compared to the other bolt from the other side of the rad, which has none and screws in all the way nicely. http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k539/bexyboo88/Bikes/P1040862_zpsp9u1swqt.jpg

Yeah could do, but still think I'd rather just replace the rad. Just looking through Haynes, it says to remove tank, but I found another thread that says you shouldn't need to, is that right? It says to drain the coolant by the drain plug on the water pump and that I should replace the washer, or will it be ok to just drain it from unclipping the hose that goes into the pump instead? You reckon it will be ok to ride for now? (I have been for a while now since it first started doing this and just keep topping up the rad) I need to wait a week for payday and I'm supposed to be going on a ride to Hunstanton then too, so was hoping it will be ok to ride it for that then fix rad after?