gp-110 front - mount backwards?

[Donnie W. Jennings]

Hi! My rock guard rubbed a hole in the right front of the radiator at the bottom. The hole in on the flat area that makes up the bottom tank. Any ideas on how to repair this? Thanks for your help! Donnie

[Jeff Saline]

On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 18:30:57 -0000 "Donnie W. Jennings" writes:

> Hi! > > My rock guard rubbed a hole in the right front of the radiator at > the > bottom. The hole in on the flat area that makes up the bottom tank. > Any > ideas on how to repair this? Thanks for your help! > > Donnie

<><><><> <><><><> Donnie, Unless you feel very confident in trying to solder it yourself... I suggest you remove the radiator (it's pretty easy to take off and replace) and take it to a radiator repair shop to have it fixed professionally. It doesn't take much heat applied incorrectly to make what should be a quick and easy leak repair into a complete radiator rebuild. In summer of 2000 I was in Kuwait. I had to go into Kuwait City for some business. When I got back to the shop late in the day my Superintendent was briefing me on the days activities. We got to a forklift that was mission critical. One of our best airmen and a pretty good mechanic tried to fix a small leak. He tried about 5 times until the super learned of it and stopped the process. It took me about 30 minutes with an Oxy fuel torch (it was all we had) to fix the leak and other problems caused by the inexperienced repairman. This should have been a 5 minute fix. I know a guy has to learn sometime but learning on a piece that isn't needed is in my opinion better than learning on critical components. Good luck with your repair. Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT

[teamster1997]

My rock guard rubbed a pin size hole in my radiator at about 11,000 miles, but fortunately the bike was still under warranty and they replaced it with no problems. I told them that I could keep the radiator cap loose and it didn't leak and would like them to order one while I still used the bike and then come in to get it replaced when they got one in. They had no problem with that. A little rubber piece was missing that kept the guard away from the radiator. About $350.00 to replace through dealer. If it wasn't for the warranty being good still, I would have went to e-bay and found another one. As a matter of fact, that's what I did anyway to have a spare. I got lucky and was able to get a real clean newer radiator for around $60.00 shipped. E-bay can save you a lot of money if you have the patience to wait for a good deal. Good luck. Tim...............

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Saline wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 18:30:57 -0000 "Donnie W. Jennings" > writes: > > Hi! > > > > My rock guard rubbed a hole in the right front of the radiator at > > the > > bottom. The hole in on the flat area that makes up the bottom tank. > > Any > > ideas on how to repair this? Thanks for your help! > > > > Donnie > <><><><> > <><><><> > > Donnie, > > Unless you feel very confident in trying to solder it yourself... I > suggest you remove the radiator (it's pretty easy to take off and > replace) and take it to a radiator repair shop to have it fixed > professionally. It doesn't take much heat applied incorrectly to make > what should be a quick and easy leak repair into a complete radiator > rebuild. In summer of 2000 I was in Kuwait. I had to go into Kuwait > City for some business. When I got back to the shop late in the day my > Superintendent was briefing me on the days activities. We got to a > forklift that was mission critical. One of our best airmen and a pretty > good mechanic tried to fix a small leak. He tried about 5 times until > the super learned of it and stopped the process. It took me about 30 > minutes with an Oxy fuel torch (it was all we had) to fix the leak and > other problems caused by the inexperienced repairman. This should have > been a 5 minute fix. I know a guy has to learn sometime but learning on > a piece that isn't needed is in my opinion better than learning on > critical components. > > Good luck with your repair. > > Best, > > Jeff Saline > ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal > Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org > The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota > 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT >

[Erik]

> > 14000 miles on a stock Dunlop? Maybe on the front and if you wheelied all the time. > > That's incredible mileage for that tire. My rear was shot in 3500 > miles and the front will be done by 7000.

I just crossed 10k on my front dunlop today. It's still got tread left, but it's cupping a bit, so I'm thinking about putting on the front GP110 I have sitting around. If I didn't have one already I'd probably give this tire some more time. erik