LeonDude
Bachelor Dog
- Joined
- Sep 26, 2007
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- Location
- Gauteng - Centurion
- Bike
- Suzuki DR650
About two years or so ago Pebbles' was the first of the radiators on the new shape that sprung a leak on a nice long trip, meaning the bike went on a trailler hundreds of kilos from home, close to Vanderkloof dam.
Go forward to early this year and Cave Girl's KLR radiator goes on the last day of a two week trip. Another KLR on a trailler with a leaky radiator.
This weekend it was DieselDawie's turn, another leaky radiator.
Apparantly he's not the only one either, he told me about a couple of his buddies who's had this problem.
Dawie reckons it's because the radiator is used as a mounting point for the plastics on the new shape KLR, and I must say I agree. We are now going to look at doing a mod to take the weight off the radiator. (The radiator was a mounting point for plasics on the old shape too, but the plastics was a tiny piece back then, not the monstrous thing it is now)
What say you people out there?
Go forward to early this year and Cave Girl's KLR radiator goes on the last day of a two week trip. Another KLR on a trailler with a leaky radiator.
This weekend it was DieselDawie's turn, another leaky radiator.
Apparantly he's not the only one either, he told me about a couple of his buddies who's had this problem.
Dawie reckons it's because the radiator is used as a mounting point for the plastics on the new shape KLR, and I must say I agree. We are now going to look at doing a mod to take the weight off the radiator. (The radiator was a mounting point for plasics on the old shape too, but the plastics was a tiny piece back then, not the monstrous thing it is now)
What say you people out there?
