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Anyone know what the max operating temp is for a Kwaka? Im sure they arent designed for this type of weather. I switched it on and it was already warmed up even though it had been sitting still all day.

On another question, my tank was super hot.... how much fuel can evaporate if the bike is parked in the sun on a hot day?

I think the hottest I got on my 10 was that it stayed at around 95 degrees whilst moving at 100km/h along the Ring Rd. The air was that hot that it burnt places where I didn't have covered, i.e. neck etc.

The Yammy gets pretty hot in heavy traffic.. Hottest I have seen is 113 degrees before the thermo's kicked and and dropped it down to 98. As for fuel, a guy at work with a 98 R1 reckons he's had almost half a tank evaporate on him when he left it in the sun one day at work. Since then he only parks in the shade.

Stereo wrote:Anyone know what the max operating temp is for a Kwaka? Im sure they arent designed for this type of weather. I switched it on and it was already warmed up even though it had been sitting still all day.

On another question, my tank was super hot.... how much fuel can evaporate if the bike is parked in the sun on a hot day?

Elko

remember many bikes (eg trailies and dirt) are designed to operate ...in deserts

fuel should not be a problem...yup the tank gets hot but modern bikes (and cars) have a series
of breathers and tubes to allow for fuel volume and tank expansion.


the biggest problem you MIGHT face..is lack of air flow.
Sitting in traffic going nowhere can cause overheating even if the fan is going nuts pushing
air thru the radiator. The solution is to keep moving.
why?
even 43°air can help cool a 100°radiator...if enough air is going thru the radiator

hth

Smitty

correct smitty, its the stop start that kills you... you can also try leaving more of a gap betweem you and the car infront... sitting right on their tail means your's also getting their hot exhaust gasses sucked straight into you radiator by the fan

Sitting in heat and traffic my bike will reach 110 if I let it. Reached 117 and the light came on a few months ago but I think I was down on coolant. Hasn't happened since I topped her up.

44 degrees on the way home, and the GPz was struggling a bit, but never got over half way on the thermometer - fan on all the time up Burke Rd. Main problem seemed to be brain-melt from the car drivers.

DaveGPz wrote:44 degrees on the way home, and the GPz was struggling a bit, but never got over half way on the thermometer - fan on all the time up Burke Rd. Main problem seemed to be brain-melt from the car drivers.

Had some dickhead swerving at traffic around him, when I got close I saw he was texting.... TEXTING!!!

had a similar one th eother day, car was all over the shop, red p plater.

got up next to him, he was on 2 phones, one up to his ear, elbow on the wheel trying to change gears while (i think) getting a phone number out of his other phone to tell the person on phone 1.

gotta give the man points for multi-tasking. or lack of brain, one of the two

1. On any internal combustion liquid cooled engine , 120 degrees celcius is the danger number - anything at or above means damage.
2. On a extremely hot day you stand more of a chance that the fuel in an over filled tank will expand to the point of running out the overflow / breather tube and onto the ground than losing a heap through evapouration.