The zxr does not traffic

[carsounds_dan]

Took her up to Imperial College london on wednesday, sorted out the regulator the night before and she rode amazingly apart from getting rather hot in traffic and also stuttering when accelorating on the way back, just coming up to the leatherhead turn off of the A3 and stuttering like no fuel, flicked the switched the fuel switch round to reserve and off she went again, went and put a fiver in and she went home alright... although she still had loads of fuel left.. i might need to clean out my fuel tap out a bit me thinks.
But was just wondering if anyone would be able to give any advice on keeping the temperature down on the bike, i was thinking maybe fit another fan to the rad....
oo also any thoughts of the head gasket going were thrown clean out of the window as she didnt use a drop of water the whole trip even though she touched the last line just before red.
cheers
dan

[rover220]

does you fan come on? i can leave mine idling and itll heat right upto the point the fan comes on but the fan keeps it under control. im yet to test in proper riding/traffic though.

[RedexRobB]

if you got a manual switch mate best thing to do is switch is on soon as you can see its gonna get busy. My 7R is really bad for traffic, worse than the 400

[deviant]

first thing is make sure your fan is working

beyond that, just don't ride in london . On the odd occasions I go and visit mates down there in the summer I always end up filtering like an idiot just to try and force enough air through the rad!

[carsounds_dan]

yeh fan comes on. I might fit a switch as an extra pre-caution... I also found that she doesnt like starting when hot.. and it was mainly the cranking she didnt like doing... She bumped fine but not strait off the battery..
strange bike
cheers
dan

[RedexRobB]

thatll be the good old hot starting problem.....

[rover220]

i have a little bit of wire taped under pillion seat so if it does start overheating, i can bridge the temp sensor wires and force the fan on.

[Scott221]

If im in traffic, I filter, if I cant move in traffic and im gonna be there for longer than a few mins, I switch off the engine. Whats the point in wasting petrol?

[masterofinsanity]

i aint got any water to cool down.

[Caz]

But was just wondering if anyone would be able to give any advice on keeping the temperature down on the bike,

ride faster and avoid london

your bike shouldnt be getting too hot in this weather - even in traffic.......

[crushedlizard]

Is yours an import? Mine is an L2 import and the fan doesn't kick in until the top of the guage too. Wondered if they use a different scale guage or something.
I like the idea of a manual switch. I think I'm gonna do that as the fan keeps it under control, it just kicks in very late.
That said, I'd rather it was automatic. I just can't be bothered to work on my bike right now - I just want to ride it whilst it's dry!

[tobomoto]

sounds obvious but have you checked the thermostat? i dont have one and i have a seperate switch for the fan. keeps it cool enough

[james zxr400]

hi all are you using water and antifreeze or engine coolant as i use super cool in mine and don't seem to have a problem in traffic

[masterofinsanity]

what's supercool??

[Gemini]

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