in need of a radiator!!


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Ckerd

New Member
so yesterday was a really nice day to ride, so guess what?. Thats exactly what i did! I spent all day cruising around on my FZ6R feeling a like a total badass! hahahha.. anyway after riding for a while stopped in a parking lot for just a second and noticed that my radiator is pissing... i thought to myself thats not supposed to happen... a rock or something hit my radiator and put a hole in it.. luckily i was close to home and near the highway and rode it how it was..
but anyway a new radiator cost $450 and i dont have that money to spend. anyone know where i can get a used one???
 
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Andy

New Member
Radiator repair

Check with local radiator repair shop. Should be able to beed blast and apply epoxy with heat. Will last about a year. If you cant find someone parting a bike out.
 
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Dustin600

New Member
I used to solder the fins shut on radiators that leaked. That may be an option for you. If you cant Do it yourself, there's got to be a shop around that will do it. Be careful if you're still riding. You don't want to ride through your own radiator fluid with your rear tire. That stuff is slippery.
 
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Ckerd

New Member
yea thats what i was thinking about going to a rad repair shop.. on ebay theres some for 140 bucks aluminum ones... im not riding it now the rad is off the bike and i was more about the front wheel slipping and my leg burning from the hot coolant.. hahah
 
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urbanduckman

Member
OMG, I just had the same issue last night...

So, I had just bought an 05 Jeep wrangler rubicon and I must say, that vehicle is fun... Anyway, I was on my way home on my bike from the dealer when I must have hit a nail/rock/debris that flattened my front tire and shot into my radiator causing a pin hole leak. Luckily, I was a less than a mile from home as well. Good thing I just bought a vehicle or I wouldn't have made it to work today. Judging from Ckerd's pic my radiator hole is smaller than that, but sprayed fluid all over the front. What kind of solder metal should I use if I want to fix myself.
 
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abyss1406

Member
Crimp it shut or solder it or use stop leak with metal flakes to plug the hole, used the stop leak on my hyosung awhile back.
 
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Ckerd

New Member
i dont think that big hole is fixable..
i havent brought it to a rad shop so i dont know..
ive been checking ebay and i might just buy one of those aluminun radiators on there
 
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Blue-Sun

Elite Member
Ckerd said:
i dont think that big hole is fixable..
i havent brought it to a rad shop so i dont know..
ive been checking ebay and i might just buy one of those aluminun radiators on there
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About 8 years ago, I had a similar situation happen to me on a Kawasaki bike I had. Something made it through the radiator guard and a put a hole in it.

I kept fishing around on ebay and eventually found one. If memory serves, it was about $200.

I was uncomfortable taking the damaged radiator to the shop & having it fixed, as it gets so hot here. I was worried that closing off even a small part of the radiator would make a measurable difference in the extreme desert heat. The cooling system on that bike needed every advantage to keep the temp in the normal range.
 

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