GSF250 Bandit coolant and misc.

[boman]

Hey chick. I have a 1995 VVT the "radiator cap" is under my gas tank and i have a little over flow bottle, white i colour, by my battery. That is for tooping up the system. The great internet tells me that a 50/50 mix of anti freeze and water is required. Hope this helps.

[boman]

Took a picture of the overflow bottle. Hope this helps.

[Lissa]

Took a picture of the overflow bottle. Hope this helps.

Thanks ... I just had a look, and I cant find anything that looks like that. Its going to have to be under the seat I reckon.

[boman]

Yea it might be. If you have to take the gas tank off it should be similer.Mine has 2 bolts and 3 hoses and the fuel guage to unclip. Takes about 5 mins. Hope you win

[Lissa]

Yea it might be. If you have to take the gas tank off it should be similer.Mine has 2 bolts and 3 hoses and the fuel guage to unclip. Takes about 5 mins. Hope you win

Thanks I dont think I am going to be taking off the gas tank by myself though!

[Morcs]

Remove the tank. Coolant filler is squarely underneath the centre of it.

I hope this helps.

[Defiant]

Hey gidday......The Bandit's (250 especially) love to pull rev's....11000 is fine, you should be riding and pulling at least 5-7000 in each gear change.....the radiator cap is under the rear of the fuel tank (lift the seat off and look in under the tank infront of the battery......See it in there?.......B***h of a place.....you'll need a hose and funnel to top it up.......unless you have a leak you should be fine most of the time.....just lift the cap off and visually check the level......and yep they do have power but you need to get thru 1st and 2nd gear quickly then pull good high revs in the rest of the gears...you'll be fine once you hget use to it....cheers...

[marioc]

Yep give it death it will thank you for it.Below 8 grand I find on mine there is just no power at all,but above that yehaa.

[Lissa]

Thanks guys... it is a bitch of a bike to get a look at the battery and the coolant!! Its in the shop atm, hoping to get her back today or tomorrow... I kinda left the lights on, and it died... but recharging the battery didnt help, she wouldnt fire up, so I had to get the experts to look at her.

[dnos]

Hey Lissa,

Im not sure what year your bandit is, mine is a 1990.
The radiator cap is under the fuel tank which is easier to take off than I initially thought.
Mine requires the two bolts under the seat holding the tank undone (10mm) and the fuel hoses from the fuel tap taken off (leave tap in "on" position, small amount of fuel will spill out).
And it lifts off - no worries. Try it some time it will be handy to know you can do it.

When I first got my bike I was very easy on the revs, but now keep the revs up always.
You will notice that around 8k the engine starts pulling much more and over 10k is where the power really kicks in. Rev it, the bike loves it Red line on mine is 17k i think, i take it to around 15 quite often.

Enjoy the bike and if you have any more questions I will try to help.

[Wasp]

Hey lissa - only just saw this - i think you pmed me about the coolant anyway

dnos lissa's is the 40hprestricted model, red line and end of speedo are 2k earlier (11k is still fine, i regurlary took mine to red line)

if you guys have any questions pm me - im not on kb much these days but still check my pms atleast once a week