Attention! A little help

[oldenuf]

Suggestion from my husband, try Barry Senn from Pukekohe Radiators, 092386383. He has seen him repair some pretty mangled motor cross radiators,or John at Smythe and McCord(was Smythe and Yates) in Cambridge. Good luck

[crazylittleshit]

dude I had the exact same problem when a stone went thru the radiator on my TL. Took said radiator out... down to this dude who specialises in aluminium radiators, and he stripped it (was painted black), welded the one little row of widgets shut that had the hole, then pressure tested it, repainted it shiney black, then I put it back in the bike with some fresh coolant... hey presto.. just like a bought one.

The temperature gauge doesnt even go past 82 degrees either(in normal conditions) so one less row of widgets didnt make a difference.

ps.. i was told by a reputuble bike shop..."she's poked mate... you'll never fix that bastard"... guess who didnt get my $1300... repair was 200 and odd dollars.

Edit: I see your in Wellywood. If it gets no where you could courior it up here and it would still be worth the cost.

Damn I'm going to try and fix it.......................

[bugjuice]

Call Mt Eden. I heard a word that an 05 was recently written off. Give 'em a buzz and find out the condition of the rad. Not sure if it was damaged or not. The bike was more rear damage from what I've heard. Could be worth a shot 09 303 1960

[Sensei]

[QUOTE=oldenuf]Suggestion from my husband, try Barry Senn from Pukekohe Radiators, 092386383. He has seen him repair some pretty mangled motor cross radiators,


Thats the guys I was thinking of

[crazylittleshit]

Call Mt Eden. I heard a word that an 05 was recently written off. Give 'em a buzz and find out the condition of the rad. Not sure if it was damaged or not. The bike was more rear damage from what I've heard. Could be worth a shot 09 303 1960

I'm ringing tomorrow........
thanks bugjuice

[WINJA]

THERES A RADIATOR SHOP IN NEWTON AUCKLAND THAT CAN EPOXY AND LEAK TEST ANY HOLE IN ANY RADIATOR , DONT GET IT WELDED THEY WILL ONLY FUCKIT UP, I HAD A GSXR1000 EPOXYED FOR $30 AND 2 YEARS LATER ITS FINE , THEY DID MY KAWASAKI RACE BIKE AND THEN I CRASHED IT BENDING THE RADAITOR EVEN MORE BUT IT DIDNT LEAK, I FIXED A TLR RADIATOR IN AN EMERGENCY AND IT LASTED OVER A YEAR THEN MY MATE SOLD IT

[Biff]

Master Liquid Copper - I hear it does miracles.....

Is that like RadWeld? Can you get that here? It's great stuff for small holes in radiators - basically its loads of metallic particles in aliquid form mixed with some other fluidtypegunk. It congeals when it comes into contact with air and blocks up holes. So you empty it into your radiator as per the destructions.

I'm not sure how long you should ride around with it in for, as I was led to believe it was only a temporary fix - but I used RadWeld once on an old bike of mine and it was fine for almost a year before I sold the bike.

[FROSTY:Me]

Dude Ive repaired shit loads of rads using 2 pot epoxy --yea you loose a tiny amount of cooling but in NZ ya aint gonna notice it

[White trash]

Nick. Pull the radiator, take it in to Wellington Motorcycles, book it in and ask to have Hayden to fix it. He's done his once and Johanns twice.

Fucken magician when it comes to welding aluminium, you'll have to let them know you realise there's no garauntees to its effectiveness but it's worth a shot.

Then, go to Repco or Super Cheap, get yourself some alluminium mesh and build a fucken gaurd!

[crazylittleshit]

Call Mt Eden. I heard a word that an 05 was recently written off. Give 'em a buzz and find out the condition of the rad. Not sure if it was damaged or not. The bike was more rear damage from what I've heard. Could be worth a shot 09 303 1960

Rang mt Eden today and they said the insurance company still leagaly owns the bike.
Trying to track it down as we speak...
Radiator in it is mint....
thanks for the advise white trash I'll head down to wellington motorcycles and talk to hayden.

[oldenuf]

good advice White Trash..we constructed one for our RF,dont cringe now when wading thru roadworks.

[badlieutenant]

my old honda came with radiator protection as standard

[madboy]

This has sufficiently scared me enough to consider going home and making a radiator guard for mine... jeez, $1300!! Cops shouldn't worry about demerit points and bullshit fines, they should just put a stone through the radiator... With my priorities at the moment, that'd get me off the road for a year!!

[Dafe]

If the 2004 radiator fits the 2005 636, then look here.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...spagename=WDVW

otherwise, keep your eye out on ebay. They'll be bound to have one up soon.

[Motu]

dude I had the exact same problem when a stone went thru the radiator on my TL. Took said radiator out... down to this dude who specialises in aluminium radiators, and he stripped it (was painted black), welded the one little row of widgets shut that had the hole, then pressure tested it, repainted it shiney black, then I put it back in the bike with some fresh coolant... hey presto.. just like a bought one.

The temperature gauge doesnt even go past 82 degrees either(in normal conditions) so one less row of widgets didnt make a difference.

ps.. i was told by a reputuble bike shop..."she's poked mate... you'll never fix that bastard"... guess who didnt get my $1300... repair was 200 and odd dollars.

Edit: I see your in Wellywood. If it gets no where you could courior it up here and it would still be worth the cost.

A repair - but not a reputable repair....if it had overheated your engine would you be down there hammering on his door to pay for your engine? With Consumer rights no radiator shop would go near that sort of repair and put their name on the job.Sure,they can be fixed - but you walk away,and stay away.