WANTED: Radiator hosing

[vazza]

I'm after some rad hosing about 18MM internal diameter.. Cant find any at all the common stores. Anyone have a bit about 30CM long? Need it for a mod on my 300.

[barty5]

Phone HCD hoses in penrose or just use 3/4 inch ive heaps a that it'll clamp up the extra 1mm no pron as long as you use good hose clamps.

[Pornstar]

so whats the mod? hmmmm

[noobi]

Its an attempt to stop the bikes blowing up

[chrisktm]

Pipe line on rose bank rd. Worst service in the west, head towards the back left of the store on a wooden rack

[vazza]

Thanks for the replies. Looks like i'll head to rose bank, quite close.

Noobi: I wouldnt ride your GG again, the frame might bend.. lololol ^_^

[noobi]

Noobi: I wouldnt ride your GG again, the frame might bend.. lololol ^_^

Again????
Afraid you might like it...

Well what I said was sort of true, stop them blowing up.... steam.lol

[vazza]

Haha I know, was jus playing wit cha :P

[honda_power]

so... what is the mod?

[vazza]

The 300 comes stock with a thermastat which is only used for road use. I have been told by a couple of guys that birchy recommends removing it. Can ya back that up Chris? :D

I still have 10 weeks before im riding again so I can do little random things to the bike haha.

Amping to hit some gnarly stuff dan!

[flyingcr250]

The 300 comes stock with a thermastat which is only used for road use. I have been told by a couple of guys that birchy recommends removing it. Can ya back that up Chris? :D

I still have 10 weeks before im riding again so I can do little random things to the bike haha.

Amping to hit some gnarly stuff dan!

yea ive beentold i should take mine out to help stop it overheating in the tight stuff. like it did at the farm,

[honda_power]

same here man, working on a track at my old bosses farm should have quite a decent bit of track cleared by then youll have to come down for a warm up

[vazza]

Keen as bro, sounds sick! :D

[honda_power]

oh, it will be sick all right :devil2:

[pete376403]

yea ive beentold i should take mine out to help stop it overheating in the tight stuff. like it did at the farm,

Don't be surprised if the engine runs hotter with the thermostat removed. Water can pass through an engine too fast to pickup heat, if the water pump is any good. Came across this problem years ago on a 350 chev powered speedway saloon car. Despite custom radiators, 100% glycoshell coolant, electric fans and other demon tweaks, the engine boiled over every race. Put everything back to stock - standard chev thermostat, standard chev waterpump, J1 bedford radiator, standard fan with decent shrouds to direct the airflow and plain water for cooling, and the car never boiled again.

[vazza]

I'll keep the origional parts so I can easily rebuild it if necessary. According to the pro's its good to do it, so I may as well ^_^

[Crisis management]

It's a fairly common mod, although I thought a lot of the guys just gutted the thermostat rather than removed it? Obviously you want to be a bit more particular warming the engine up before thrashing it.

[barty5]

if you can get to the thermostat drill some holes in it this will allow the coolant to flow easyier before the thermostat opens should help it run cooler and keep it standard looking.

[takitimu]

The 300 comes stock with a thermastat which is only used for road use. I have been told by a couple of guys that birchy recommends removing it. Can ya back that up Chris? :D

I still have 10 weeks before im riding again so I can do little random things to the bike haha.

Amping to hit some gnarly stuff dan!

The 250 EXC/F's come with the same "issue", guess handy for quickly warming the bike up at the start of an enduro especially in Europe, but makes for amusing viewing watching the Orange machines spew steam, I hear KTM are selling replacement brushes for the electric motor on the 300 now to :).

[vazza]

Well with most crosscountry's you have plenty of time before the race to give you're bike a good warmup. With enduro you're taking you're time around the first stage, which means you dont need to thrash it. It sounds like the pro's outweigh the con's to me.

I'll take out the thermastat in working order as well as all the hosing attached to it. Will just reinstall it in a couple of years when I sell it. Will keep the extra hosing as it is proven rather difficult to come across.