Rad Hoses

[Chris]

Looks fantastic mate! Well done!

Chris

[swem]

my red (fastest colour :woot  ) hoses arrived today    cant wait to saturday to fit them     

[Chris]

my red (fastest colour :woot  ) hoses arrived today    cant wait to saturday to fit them     

Pretty sure you can't top the blue ones for speed but let the pictures do the talking boys! haha!  :lol

Chris

[noggythenog]

Hey daz are you happy to run the gauntlet blindfolded,its possibly the best idea i would say, if you do need to know any of my 'highlights' then im happy to furnish with such.such things as:-


Point 1-i shoulda got the extra clips with the kit,the existing ones were cruddy,rusty bitches & if i coulda cut some o them off i would have,but i needed them .like an alky needs his tin o super kestrel!!!


Point2-i had a strange mixture of jubilee & quick release squeezy clips,naturally many of the jubilee clip screwdriver receivers were well out of reach or at stupid crazy angles,blocked by the frame or the down pipes.plus the quick release ones coulda done with being jubilees coz where they were i couldnt get the needle nose pliers in far enough or open wide enough to then slide the wee foccers up or down the pipe.


Thats just the start :b


But im done now 8)


Time for a beer !!!


Bet you didnt know im actually a sideways gravity defying,beer drinking dog!!!!! :eek

[dBfazer600]

:rollin  I will be following suit tomoz night hopefuly. You sexy ankle biting ginger.  :lol

Daz

[Chris]

Bet you didnt know im actually a sideways gravity defying,beer drinking dog!!!!! :eek

I had my suspicions! Hahaha!  :lol

Chris

[His Dudeness]

nice one noggy! the jubilee clips come off with a 6mm socket as well as the screwdriver

[noggythenog]

Awesome work buddy!  8)

How does it feel to be the first fazer 600 to have them on in the world, ever!?

Chris

It makes me feel like Skeletor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :evil :evil :evil :evil :evil :evil

[Chris]

Hahaha! That is a good feeling!  :b  :lol

[darrsi]

If you want good photo's of your bike at night, i accidently found out that if you park the bike under the over hanging roof of a supermarket, by the external cash point for instance, they have loads of spot lights that can really bring out the best of things 
You feel a bit of a berk doing it, and it freaks people out at the cash point if you've still got your lid on, but what the hell  :photo


All the better if there happens to be a semi naked 20yr old Page 3 model standing nearby collecting for the Salvation Army willing to drape herself over your bike, all for a good cause of course  :b

[noggythenog]

If you want good photo's of your bike at night, i accidently found out that if you park the bike under the over hanging roof of a supermarket, by the external cash point for instance, they have loads of spot lights that can really bring out the best of things 
You feel a bit of a berk doing it, and it freaks people out at the cash point if you've still got your lid on, but what the hell  :photo


All the better if there happens to be a semi naked 20yr old Page 3 model standing nearby collecting for the Salvation Army willing to drape herself over your bike for a good cause  :b

This 20 year old,it sounds like you talk from experience,which tesco is that then,im there!!!.....im really charitable......& stuff :b ......ill slip her a .......donation.


I also heard that the government have got a good deal on night time shots of yur bike,all ypu gotta do is 140 down the m4,no hassle either they jus send it to you in the post & ask for a donation themselves.

[noggythenog]

Mornin rad monkeys......


For anyone trying this out, if you also plan on flushing out the coolant system which i did then beware the following awkward hose.its possibly just like this on my bike alone for whatever reason or it could be for all of that year but anyway it's the hose on the underneath of the coolant resorvoir which you're supposed to disconnect to allow the old coolant out.


Good old mr haynes shows a nice pic of the hose being just passed the oil filler cap & within easy reach to get at,he also shows 1 piece of hose coming from the resorvoir & then a join in the hose within reach which is where you would disconnect.


However as you can see i had 1 continuous hose & its in a really awkward position to get to,after an age i decided that even if i did get it off i wouldnt manage to get it back on & yes it would be an easy mod to add a join to the pipe but i got focced off & bought an oil draining cylinder hand pump thing & sooked it out from the filler cap instead,hardly worth it seeing the tiny amount that came outta the resorvoir but i wanted all the old stuff out.


P.s-when you click on the picture it will go back to being the right way up as i took it!!!! :lol

[darrsi]

Your photo's are starting to throw me a bit, 'cos i never know which way i'm s'posed to view them from?  :photo


I never bother flushing the expansion tank out personally.


I do put Radflush in though and leave it in for 2 or 3 days so the engine heats up and cools down a few times and it gets to move around the radiator properly for a decent clean out.
But it's not recommended to do that in this unsettled cold weather, because there will obviously be no antifreeze/coolant in the system, and you really don't want a block of ice in the morning.

[noggythenog]

Your photo's are starting to throw me a bit, 'cos i never know which way i'm s'posed to view them from?  :photo


I never bother flushing the expansion tank out personally.


I do put Radflush in though and leave it in for 2 or 3 days so the engine heats up and cools down a few times and it gets to move around the radiator properly for a decent clean out.
But it's not recommended to do that in this unsettled cold weather, because there will obviously be no antifreeze/coolant in the system, and you really don't want a block of ice in the morning.

Ha ha,seriously if you click the pic it goes right way up,i should really ask the admins.


I cant believe you've uttered the words 'i never bother'.....you feelin ok today darrsi ,when I was doing it i actually considered foccin it off but this little darrsi devil :evil  popped up by my shoulder saying 'what you playin at noggy, do the job properly or i'll somehow notice!!!' Ha ha


The old stuff was clean,but it was green & new stuff was orange so not sure what colour id end up with,probably grorange!!!!once it was all flushed out i did the old rock the bike back & forth plus every rad hose i took off had some old coolant in or released a bit more pressure & more came out the drain hole.


Lastly i flushed out the system using the garden hose down the filler cap,cheers mr haynes for that one :eek

[darrsi]

The Radflush tip is a good one, i think on the actual instructions it says something daft like let the bike tickover for 10+mins or take for a 20 mile ride, but i'm sure the heating up/cooling down process helps to dislodge crap from the walls of the water passages.
It's always the way i do it anyway. 

[noggythenog]

Warning-this hose is tricky.


Recomendation-get the rad outta the way,looks like it swivels upwards which would give clearance.


What did i do-bodged it on with brute force.


Why-because i was like a rabbit in the headlights,once i decided on a way, i couldnt turn back.


What did i get-very sore hands.

[noggythenog]

Im proper jacking this post now but hey if its pics you want its pics you got


A few daylight snaps.

[noggythenog]

Suggestion/word of warning/stating the obvious :rolleyes


-pick a shiny new hose then match it to the bike,do 1 at a time.


-dont rip off every hose you see then end up stumped coz yur missing a hose :lol


I did do mine 1 by one actually but i sound like im admitting otherwise. :rolleyes

[Chris]

Right everyone,

It does look like we're two small pipes short.  :o  There is one on the front of the bike, a small follow on pipe from the chunky one on the left of the bike and the small diamater one, overflow, from the top of the radiator on the right hand side. I'm going to speak to SFS as soon as I can to get these pipes added to the kits and sent out to everyone in the right colours etc.

The guy I've been dealing with at SFS is on holiday for two weeks so it might take a whike to get them and all I can do is say I'm sorry but being the first to do something then there are always teething problems. It might take a while but as Noggy has said, if you want to swap the other pipes then do one at a time and once you get the add ons then you can fit them too.

Once again I'm sorry but these things happen. We will get this sorted as soon as possible.  :o

Chris

[Dead Eye]

Not sure which one you are referring to for the first, but I'm fairly sure my kit contains the over flow pipe from the radiator?