Just wondering if anyone has upgraded their cooling systems? Bike currently has stock radiator with rubber hoses. Im wondering if there is a performance upgrade radiator to cool better? im going to get silicone hoses for it at some point too. Also is there an uprated water pump solution? or is it just not worth it... Thanks in advance
Depending on whether it's a track bike or road bike, the RR4/5 radiator is a different size to the RR6/7. I forget which one of the two is bigger, but if swapping to the larger radiator then it needs to be a race fairing for the extra clearance.
On my RR7 I have found keeping the radiator clean to help. When cleaning I fire the hose (carefully & gently) back to front through the rad... clear out all the flies and crud. Other than that, regular coolant change. But they do get hot.
My 05 always seemed to get very warm if I got stuck in traffic. Temps rosé steadily and i needed a good open road for a few miles to really bring the temps back to where I was happy. I understand this is typical but my temps were never particularly low to begin with so once climbing I was soon approaching 100deg. I’d flushed the coolant and removed the rad’ to clean but the only real answer was to replace it along with the coolant. She now runs in free air at about 78deg’ and the rise in temperatures is much slower if I get held up. Just my experience for thought.
I can't remember any of the Blades I've owned not getting to 100 / 102 when stopped at traffic after a space at "normal" speed. When making good progress, as I think it's called , it's generally about 85 to 90, bit lower in winter. I've always considered it to be normal for the bike. The VFR8 was the same too. Maybe it's just my riding style? I've got a rad guard on the present one, '18 reg, and it doesn't seem to have made it any worse than the others I've had without one.
I’ve had numerous bikes, kawasaki, yamaha, Honda, Aprilia, and they’ve all regularly gone 100+ with no problems at all.
