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My bike has a switch to manually turn on the fans which is electric taped to the handle bars (above key barrel). It isn't really a issue if I remember to switch it on when I go for a ride and off when I park. However, I have learned the hard way in both situations i.e. bike was overheating after riding for 10mins. Started fine on neutral but kept dying when I went in 1st. Took me a while (and burning smell) to work out it was the fan switch. Also drained my battery to zilch when I forgot to turn fan switch off before going for a coffee.

However, it is kinda useful when warming up the engine to not have the fans on.

Someone told me the previous owner might have just installed a dodgey fan switch instead of fixing the problem with the thermalstat (or something like that). How much would it cost to get fixed? Is it worth while?

It could be one of two things.......

1. A dodgy fan switch itself (10 minutes max to swap)

2. A faulty thermostat ( 1Hr max including removing & replacing fairings)

Either one or both wants fixing

I had the same issue on my GPX250 - had a switch for the fan when I got it.
I didn't think that the above two options were realistic though - thought the thermostat and switch were actually part of the radiator, not replaceable individually, and required a whole new radiator to fix.
Hence I never bothered - got into the habit of turning the fan on when the bike was started and turning it off when I turned off the bike.
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