Bike Overheating

[Bubbs]

Well not proper overheating but it's gone up to 5 bars out of 8 a few times.

So I was wondering how you clean all the gunk built up between the fins of the radiator? The fins seem very malleable.

Also I'm looking to do a coolant flush and refill to get it back to optimum. So does anyone have spare 5 mins to explain how they do it? Do you have to take the radiator out? How long does ths take?
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[P.]

How hot was it when the bike "overheated."

I've had my bikes indicating 110 degrees before.

[Aff]

Here's the service manual, should tell you everything you need to know.

https://www.mediafire.com/?jdez7y1y7uewc0a
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[Bubbs]

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[Efes123]

If the fan isn't kicking in, then it's prolly your fan switch

Download the manual, it tells you where the switch is P3-13. Try shorting out the connectors and see if your fan comes on. If it doesn't then it's prolly a fuse.
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[T0MMY]

I suspect this may be the result of something called "warm weather"...an exceptionally rare fault in the UK so often misdiagnosed as a problem with the cooling system.
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[Faldo]

The easiest thing to do is leave it idling for a while and see if the fan kicks in. If it does kick in, happy days.

If it doesn't check the fan switch and the fuse. I had a fan fuse blow for no apparent reason some time ago, replaced the fuse and it never blew again.
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[Bubbs]

[Acemastr]

I've seen 108c on mine, wasn't particularly happy about it being that high but it was 30c outside and i was in traffic, fan kept it under control.

Don't worry.
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[EXC-Rider]

mine normally sits at 75 degrees,

I have seen it hit 125 before on a really fucking hot day and I was sitting in traffic (no room to filter), jheeze my legs where cooking. once hit open road and get some breeze on the rad and went back down to about 80,
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[T0MMY]

Just noticed you have a ZX6R G...if that's the bike you're talking about then you might be comforted to know mine regularly goes up to 5 bars in town on a hot day.
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[Bubbs]