Bugger

[AyJay]

Finally swapped to the summer bike and whipped off the radiator today to take a look. Oooh dear. The mounting lugs are all in a horrible state - one snapped clean through the others have so much corrosion it's almost like delaminated plywood.


Anyone know of a FZS1000 radiator for sale. None on eBay bar a chinese copy. Which might be ok for 80 quid

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This is the second radiator as the previous sprang a leak but although I've still got it, and it's not really worth repairing as it's not that much better. I guess this is what 7 winters of salt does to a Fazer radiator. The retaining rings on the header pipes are about 1/3 of the thickness they were originally too.

[PaulSmith]

Talking to the guy that repaired mine, he said that rebuilding the rad for a gen1 fazer would not be a problem, including making new mounting points. He said that the main section was pretty standard size so he would cut it out and replace it with one from a car, keeping just the original side pieces where all the hoses connect. He didn't seem to think it would cost much either. Since you have effecivly have a spare rad, it might be worth finding your local specialist and seeing what they can do with it. 

(The gen2 has a curved face which would make this much more tricky. Not impossible, but not cheap)

[unfazed]

At £45 for the hose and £11 for the clip, I think I will pick up some rad-weld on my way home.

Radweld is for bodging rads in 60s era Fords and Austins.  Has no place in a high performance motorcycle motor, IMHO.

  a cheap repair with possible expensive consequences

[RMT1983]

Ive got a radiator in the garage....................

Pm me if you still need one

[AyJay]

PM sent RMT....