Chriswood30

Ok so changed coolant, rad cap and thermostat and no change. All runs perfect out on the road, temp was at 103 deg c after a ride out and a short run through town before home, left it at idle on the drive and 104, 105 etc all the way up to 117 deg or 242 deg f before shutdown. Anyone tried wrapping the exhaust to bring the temp down? Cant think of much left to change

Hi guys, really appreciate you suggestions on this. Was doing the same prior to coolant change, followed the book and bled the system, all ok, checked again after run still fine. It was ok prior to not using it much last year. Had the rad off all ok so I'm doing the rad cap as I see that a lot on bb forums, maybe thermostat if not I guess water pump is next but from what I read the failure rate on them is small. Brill bike and love being part of this community even if it starts with a problem lol

Hi guys, firstly thanks in advance for any help. So I have a 2001 bird which is having a bit of an overheating issue. So if I have the bike at idle in the garage temp will rise to around 102 deg, fan kicks in and goes down to around 94 which is perfect. Out on a run at a decent pace between 87 and 105, again temp perfect. Now after the run i leave the bike to idle on the drive, fan is running but now the temp starts to get hotter and hotter all the way to 117 deg and climbing that's when its turned off. Has anyone experienced something similar, I've ordered a new radiator cap and thermostat which arrive this week. Your thoughts would be appreciated