maintenance

[tom collins]

I want to thank whoever it was that suggested cleaning the radiators of the brick K bikes with orange cleaner and then a rinse. I did my 30,000 oil change yesterday on my RS and wanted to address the issue of the bike seeming to get warm faster than in past years. Remembering that tip, I soaked the radiator twice while I did the oil change. When the oil was done, I sprayed the radiator with the garden hose. On the test ride, everything was back to being nice and cool. Thanks whoever you are.

[Tri750]

We used simple green at the dealership, but any degreaser, especially a citrus based one would be fine.

 

The k bikes also like a new rad cap at every flush. It's 32-34 dollars that is cheap insurance .

So is flushing the cooling system.