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While I was in the process of changing the tires, I tightened the steering head nuts as Freebird describes in the maint section. Question being this: After 32,000 +/- miles, is 1/4 to 1/3 turn too much or about right? Steering feels ok, so I guess that is all that really matters. -
I have an 83 VR and tonight I thought I would check the coolant level in the radiator. I can only get the cap undone about 1/3 of a turn. I tried pressing down while turning counter clockwise, but it just won't come off. Am I missing something?
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This past summer I noticed on several ocassions that my temps were going up a little quicker than in the past when it was hot. A couple of years ago I did the bikini side panel mod and it seems to have helped in keeping the bike cool. This was even the case when I was pulling a 450 pound camper. Wednesday I took the bike to work with the morning temp being about 40 degrees to be able to ride home home with it 70 degrees. In my morning ride the temp gage never got off the bottom. Normally it would still go up to about 1/3 on the gauge for that distance. Well, I finally got down under the bike and discovered that when I pulled the engine to replace the gearset, I must not have set the bypass to the correct position. It normally has the top of the lettering pointing toward the five oclock position. I was 180 degrees off. I rotated it around and took a short ride and the temp gage went up to about 1/3. It is easy to understand the temp staying low during cold weather, but I suspect that the getting warmer quicker during hot weather was due to the coolant going thru the radiator too quick to cool adaquate. RandyA
