Two Wheels Better
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Really? If you lived in a desert environment where a high average temp occured daily it wouldn't matter all that much, you could possibly go without one - but still I wouldn't. It opens slowly as the engine generates heat and gradually allows the flow to remove excess heat from the hot areas like the exhaust valve/port region of your 'motor'. Without it it's flooding coolish liquid at all times and the bike doesn't ever reach proper temp. This will certainly make a difference on the running of the bike since the fuel injection receives a water temp signal from a sensor at/near the radiator. So, if you wish your bike to be up to its optimally thermal operating level in Ol' Blighty you'd use a t-stat.
Either that or place a piece of old cardboard, cut to fit, in front of the radiator with a hole in the middle of it to do the job of the t-stat (sort of) for that special Beverly Hillbillies look.
There's a clean radiator from an '89 K100RS on eBay US for cheap. No one bid on it last go round. The guy's handle is onestopoutlet and he's a good trader.
Last edited by Two Wheels Better on Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:36 am; edited 1 time in total
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who does this Thermostat think it is anyway? Thu Oct 16, 2014 10:47 am
