Arnie's 675 Coolant problem...

Motorcycling
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As some of you remember last BMM I had a huge coolant leak when we got to Chelsea Bridge.
Later at Clapham I only thought it went out through the overflow. I was wrong!
Next day in the morning I rode to work and same thing happened, just lost more coolant…
I discovered that one of the rubber pipes coming from the bottom of radiator melted into the exhaust downpipe.It wasn’t looking good and I needed quick fix.

I called North City Triumph and they said they are busy for the next 3 weeks but if it’s emergency I can take AA and they will try to fix it asap. Probably would have to wait few days for new pipe…

I decided to get my hands dirty again, which I’m actually enjoying recently :smiley:
I went to B&Q and walking round came up with solution:satisfied: Got some aluminium pipe and hose clips and sorted the bloody thing on my own :slight_smile:

I called my ‘secret’ dealer out of London which is less busy and bookend 6k miles service for next Friday. They will replace the pipe aswell so all looking good :slight_smile:

Thanks for **Shane ** for letting me to ride his bike in search for coolant on Wednesday:D

See you back on the roads!

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your toolkits getting better!
not just a screwdriver and a knife anymore
u now have a saw :slight_smile:

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that could of been nasty!!

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and its there a crack in the pipe in the last pic?

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nah. it’s all good now :slight_smile:

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lol good , well atleast atleast youve got the c90 for backup just incase:P

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he he rode it twice yesterday :slight_smile:

the thing which confuses me with my c90 and 675 is gearbox. They work different:P

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posted same thing twice:pinch:

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Arnie you need a plumber! :wink:

Anyone remember seeing my sons Fazer when he had it… You could tell it belonged to someone in the trade. :smiley: It had a nice bit of copper tubing and elbows to carry water around it :smiley:

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Must be something to do with those 2 cowboys who helpded you do the last bit of work on your bike:D

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nah I’m the one :smiley:

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You mean Beau and Luke, The Dukes of Hazard;):smiley:

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Dunno, dodgy looking geysers…:smiley:

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Possibly :slight_smile: But from what I found out I think somebody routed the pipe wrong way when the bike was assembled.

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ask for a replacement bike :stuck_out_tongue:

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aslong as u get to keep that one ofcourse!!

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heh :slight_smile: can’t have replacement bike just because of one pipe:P I’m having test ride next Friday on Speed Triple while having the service :slight_smile:

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Is the repair still touching the downpipe Arnie?

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nope is not touching it anymore. the problem was the pipe was routed wrong at first. there is special bracket which holds it away. I put some heat shield over the fixed pipe now just in case:)

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Well done mate:)

It’s satisfying to do stuff like that yourself eh?:slight_smile: