Coolant leak

[darrsi]

Hi again everyone sorry it’s been a while since I updated the thread. Thanks for all your help I did the checks on the expansion tank and the oil filler cap and everything seemed okay. The coolant did seem to leave a trail from those pipes so I checked the o rings which were in a state ?. I cleaned off all the rust and replaced the rings but I noticed a pipe coming off from the thermostat was also leaking so will be doing some work to this area too.

Have you ever used Radflush on the cooling system?
If you have clogged up waterways it certainly won't help matters. Once you properly clean and flush the system the fluid has enough proper space to travel happily around and the coolant won't be trying to find places to escape through. Once the bike cools down the fluid in the expansion tank should pretty much settle down at roughly the same level each time, unless you're  in particularly hot weather conditions. So it actually works as a good sign if things are in good shape, just by giving the bike a nudge up and down on the centre stand to see where the coolant level in the tank has settled. If it lowers or even shows as empty then it's a sign that something's misbehaving, so I would start by using Radflush first then replacing with new coolant.