blocking off radiator

[Simple]

having the bike die 4 times on the trip home yesterday due to it being so cold it and I couldnt function as one, ie when moving.

dad says block the radiator off, he's used carrier bags on his navara, I was thinking cardboard.. what do you lot use? how much of the radiator do you cover?

I'll be travelling back to lincoln at 6am monday so it'll be pretty cold still.

Thanks
simple
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[Nath]

How do you mean 'die'? Stalling when pulling away due to a slow idle? If so just turn your idlespeed up a bit.
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[mr.z]

Maybe cover half of it, cardboard will do fine but it'll be a bit mankey when it rains Sheet of aly or plastic maybe..

Another hting is to check your thermostat is working correctly, if its jammed oped it'll be running cold water arround the engine all the time which will make warming up the engine take aaaaages, you can check it by feeling the pipes running out of it allthough the "propper" way is to take the thermostat off and put it in some boiling water, the bit inside should move @80ºc or so (ish afaik)put it this way if its not move in going from normal temp to boiling then its stuck/knackered)
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[G]

Strips of gaffa tape is the usual for racers.
Makes it a bit easier to 'tune' the amount of heat you're getting .

[Kickstart]

Hi

Wouldn't use a plastic bag, certainly not that close to the exhaust headers.

However first thing to check would be that the filters for the carb heaters are clear.

All the best

Keith
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[Simple]

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[Simple]

biker *shudders* dislike that term.. dunno why makes me think of fat women with moustaches

It's too expensive.. I'm also a student
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[MattEMulsion]

Wow it feels like a trip back to the 1980's here. Do people still block off their radiators in winter? Engine and vehicle technology has come on a long way since those days and I'm fairly confident in saying that blocking off your radiator these days just isn't necessary.

After reading your post Simple I would say that if your temperature is dropping that low whilst on the motorway then you could well have a knackered thermostat. The thermostat shouldn't open until your bike gets near to 80 degrees and should then open and shut to keep the engine temperature up around that mark. The engine works at its most efficient whilst it is hot and hence they are designed to keep stable at that temperature whilst they are running constantly.
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[cagiva gezzer]

Possibel carb icing. Try some silkolene pro fst
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[Pete.]

If it's conking out on the move your cure isn't to be found by blocking airflow to the radiator. It might well stop it from conking out but you won't have cured the problem.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

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[Finglonga]

[Zimbo]

Sounds like carb icing to me as well. Stick some pro FST in the fuel and it'll be cured, or if you can't get that then Wynns Dry Fuel is a reasonable substitute, available in Halfrauds.