HELP - BIKE BLEW UP

**raster** · 11th November 2005, 20:11

Sunspots I reakon!

**justsomeguy** · 18th November 2005, 17:14

Well the bikes fixed now - just need to get it back home. Waited nearly 1.5 weeks for a bloody flywheel puller to arrive..... grrrr......

The reason the guys(mechanics) think the thing blew up is cos the radiator cap was leaking - so this caused a loss of pressure in the system, which in turn caused the water to boil much faster, they feel this also caused the heat meter to give a wrong reading, meaning the bike was a lot hotter than it was indicating

Does this make sense to you guys?? Anything like this happened before??

JSG.

**Ixion** · 18th November 2005, 17:36

Was the radiator water boiling ? (You'd know if it was)

**justsomeguy** · 18th November 2005, 17:40

Originally Posted by Ixion

Was the radiator water boiling ? (You'd know if it was)

No - nothing like that happened before the bike blew up.

It just ran slightly guttless. In the end it refused to rev over 10,000 rpm.

Then just blew up...

**R6_kid:Me** · 18th November 2005, 17:50

sounds like BS, i drove the ZXR to uni with a half filled cooling system once, heated up real fast, and went up into the red zone at the lights. When i got to uni and took the cap off the water boiled out everywhere and i topped it up with a bottle of PUMP water.

Didnt do any damage, tho when it was really hot it didnt quite have the kick it did when it was 'on temp'

**justsomeguy** · 18th November 2005, 17:53

Originally Posted by gareth_d

sounds like BS

Can someone confirm this?? I'd be rather

if it is.

The bloody event has costed me more than a grand - thats not including another 650 spent on regular maintenance stuff......and it's not like I have t money lying around either.....

**carver** · 18th November 2005, 17:56

that sucks dude
my gixer 250 had 25psi across 3cly and 125 psi across the 4th
4 cly engines are expensive to fix!

**Sketchy_Racer** · 18th November 2005, 19:06

im learning all about the cost of having a 250 multi!!! my CBR has already cost me $100 just for the headgasket!!!

very expensive little piece of aluminium!! i know it sounds like peanuts to you but for me a 15 yr old school goer its two weeks pay!! damn i need a better job mumble mumble.
its going to be a very nice bike once completed tho

**RiderInBlack** · 18th November 2005, 19:25

Originally Posted by gareth_d

sounds like BS, i drove the ZXR to uni with a half filled cooling system once, heated up real fast, and went up into the red zone at the lights. When i got to uni and took the cap off the water boiled out everywhere and i topped it up with a bottle of PUMP water.

Didnt do any damage, tho when it was really hot it didnt quite have the kick it did when it was 'on temp'

Never take the Radiator Cap off a bike when it's hot (don't you guys read the idiot instruction on the caps). Even at "Normal" operating temp's she going to spew. Add water using the reservoir only and, if she's real hot do it with the motor running or let the bike cool first for few hours (not mins, unless you like having a cracked head or block).

**RiderInBlack** · 18th November 2005, 19:29

Originally Posted by justsomeguy

It just ran slightly gutless. In the end it refused to rev over 10,000 rpm.

Then just blew up...

How long was it running "gutless"? As for refusing to rev over 10,000 rpm, I would have pulled off the road straight away. Sure sign the the motor is about to seize

**Sketchy_Racer** · 18th November 2005, 19:34

as soon as any of my bikes start runing crap its stop and have a look !!! just stoping and looking could have saved ya engine but shite happens and there is no good luck without bad luck eh

**justsomeguy** · 18th November 2005, 22:44

Originally Posted by RiderInBlack

How long was it running "gutless"? As for refusing to rev over 10,000 rpm, I would have pulled off the road straight away. Sure sign the the motor is about to seize

Hindsight is about as useful as a fart in a tornado.

**RiderInBlack** · 19th November 2005, 06:07

Originally Posted by justsomeguy

Hindsight is about as useful as a fart in a tornado.

Only if you don't learn from it. Hindsight helps you understand what when wrong and what you could do to prevent doing the same thing again. It builds your knoweledge. Fu*ken useful if you ask me. The old pilots used to brake down every crash to find out what when wrong so that they would not make the same mistake as their dead mate. It's the bases of what they called "having the right stuff".
Hope you are learning