Hi,
I have been doing some work on the bike today, to remove the old heated grips, that not longer work and change them out for new non-heated ones... its going to be fun when winter rolls around again in Woodend. Anyways, to get the old heated grips off the bike, I had to take the whole bike apart to get at the cables, and noticed a couple of things...
One - I noticed my Rear Brake Fluid Reservoir was a bit low, so I topped it up - which you're going to tell me was the wrong thing to do... aren't you...
Two - The bottle for the coolant appears to be completely empty and dry, but have never noticed the bike ever getting too hot, it certainly does when it is in summer and in traffic, but once I get going the air seems to cool the bike down to low enough levels that are acceptable... What do you think I should do? I don't know if I should flush the system and replace the coolant with the proper stuff, or as the bike seems to be fine, is leave it alone.
I have no idea what coolant was in the bike to start with... how would I know if the bike has this waterless stuff I keep reading about... I am not a very good motorcycle mechanic, so unless it is easy to drain out what is in there, and flush it through with de-ionized water and add coolant, I don't want to touch it.
We haven't had a local (Victoria) maintenance day in such a long time, if we were to have one, then it would be helpful for people like me to know what to do.
Yours
J