[GregMember]

40 :ohmy: ! I thought you were younger. Happy Birthday old man hope its a cracker. BTW I have switched my phone off :whistle: :laugh:

TB

[GregMember]

Great read Snowy and good work Ron. Would be interested in dragging the kids and bikes up when you do it another time. Speaking of kids (well mentally anyway) did Boony go?

How were the braces Snow and how good was it back on the bike

TB

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MLC wrote:

Trailboss wrote:

Ollie wrote:

micknmeld wrote:

Just thought I might add for consideration is that the bike was making espresso machine noises at the top of the run to Comboyne Rock. Although no coolant was going into the catch tanks,however it was bubbling. There by rights should have been ample air flow to keep it cool on that run as the average speed would have been at least 40-50kms.

might pay to check the water pump impeller as well as the tune

Ollie

another thought : does the 450 have a thermostat ?

If there was pressure releasing (the espresso noise :huh: ) the cap would be the first thing to TEST. And if its a new bike and is injected Storky’s point is very valid and shouldnt be over looked as the requirement for ADR may just have it very lean

Just reread the whole thing, get the cap tested for sure sounds like it isnt holding pressure. Check under the rubber or on the seat for some grud not letting it seat/seal

TB

Cheers for that.

It’s definitely not loosing any coolant, but yes it does have some dried coolant crap around the cap.

Might give that Liquid Intelligence stuff a go…the web page looks a bit trixie though.

Many people having much luck with that one?

Looks a bit trixie :laugh: :laugh: I like that because as I read the page it seemed like way to many testimonials for my liking. I mean really if it’s that good why do we need some many people saying its great and besides I could count at least two independent people that I know weren’t paying for it

But hey if the people selling it are saying it’s that good it must be :whistle:

I rang a mate a performance engine builder last night about this and his words were basically these coolants will help, and if you have a boiling problem that is marginal (close but not quite right) it will help and can sometimes be the balance but it isn’t the be all and end all.

You make your mind up, I have two unopened tins you are welcome to, the fact that you can’t add water if needed without contaminating it and a new cap and not letting the bike idle fixed the problems we had means I have them here. I can drop them up near you in a few weeks if you want.

I think the cap will fix your problem (and have the mapping checked)

TB

[GregMember]

Ollie wrote:

micknmeld wrote:

Just thought I might add for consideration is that the bike was making espresso machine noises at the top of the run to Comboyne Rock. Although no coolant was going into the catch tanks,however it was bubbling. There by rights should have been ample air flow to keep it cool on that run as the average speed would have been at least 40-50kms.

might pay to check the water pump impeller as well as the tune

Ollie

another thought : does the 450 have a thermostat ?

If there was pressure releasing (the espresso noise :huh: ) the cap would be the first thing to TEST. And if its a new bike and is injected Storky’s point is very valid and shouldnt be over looked as the requirement for ADR may just have it very lean

Just reread the whole thing, get the cap tested for sure sounds like it isnt holding pressure. Check under the rubber or on the seat for some grud not letting it seat/seal

TB

[GregMember]

MLC wrote:

Gaerne SG10’s are excellent!

Thoroughly recommend them for comfort and useability.

Isn’t that the truth, I have new sidi cross fires here and still wear my old rooted SG10s :laugh:

TB

[GregMember]

Save your money MLC. Try this first mate, when your stuck or stopped turn your engine off straight away don’t let it idle for extended periods. Even with a standard cap this will work, (although a higher cap will help raise the boiling point it doesn’t stop the engine overheating) the bike needs to be moving to cool. As for the fancy coolants, yeah they increase the point temp no doubt but they don’t stop the engine and it’s internals getting hot do they? And while the fancy coolant doesn’t boil (maybe at 125 degrees) the engine internals are getting hotter than they can with stand safely. In that case the boiling or steam can be a good warning.
Talk with Mick D he had his XR boil a few times and turning it of instead of letting it idle was the best thing he changed and I did the same when I got my 650.

Always wash your radiators out when you wash the bike, and wash them from the rear towards the front of the bike.

Both the 530 and 650’s did what your bike did until we did the above, and the ice coolant Steve bought is still here unused. The other thing with ice is if you have to top up on the track for whatever reason if you don’t have ice coolant you have the change it all out again when you get home.

Just my experience and opinion.

TB

[GregMember]

Oldfatbeerman wrote:

If you have any issues using it TB give me a yell , I have been a long time Magellan user and have it pretty well sussed , the route planning is very different to Basecamp that’s for sure .

Thanks OFBM may take you up on that at Lithgow

TB

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jtb2879 wrote:

Not my fault you can’t tell a story… I notice you like taking pics of sticks across the track. But you say nothing of what you did. They say a picture tells a thousand words… but your picture words aren’t the same as mine… obviously. :pinch:

:ohmy: What? It wasn’t my picture or my post or story? See Lefty Frame many people lately :laugh: nice detective work not!

Just get ready for the ride mate remember you have to save for a tyre :laugh: :laugh:

TB

[GregMember]

jtb2879 wrote:

I see you still don’t like riding over a stick across the track…

Really :laugh: where did it say we didn’t?

TB

[GregMember]

jtb2879 wrote:

It’s all about the give and take…

Aint that the truth Champ

Its also like fishing :laugh:

TB

[GregMember]

EAGLE`02 wrote:

They may get stuck at the bar then if that`s the case…
Moonan is a hard place to pass up after sitting under the tree with a cold beer in the heat :laugh:

Cheers

Not first thing in the morning when they are meeting, bar will be shut :laugh:

Pete tonight camping across the creek there maybe a different story :whistle:

TB

[GregMember]

usi wrote:

Arghh! Heading up to Stockton beach that weekend with the Land Rover..

Camping outside a pub how bloody goods that!

Spear that trip Usi, pub mate pub come on :laugh:

TB

[GregMember]

EAGLE`02 wrote:

What happened to James ??
Thought he was goin` with ya :whistle:

Ride safe you madman and be on the lookout for fires hey ??????

James is meeting him at Moonan tomorrow

TB

[GregMember]

KatGirl wrote:

Count me in TB

Kat

Awesome Kat, see you there

TB

[GregMember]

EAGLE`02 wrote:

Pencil me in please mate.
I haven`t been down to St Albans since the Nav ride last time we finished there ,,
And it is a great little place to camp and have a beer and a laugh

Cheers

Pencil? I was toying with dates and saw you and Ace were taking about needing to get out? It’s was a good format last time and the night before was awesome, and as it’s 5 weeks before the two days so it’s happy days it’s on.

TB

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