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Old 05-01-10, 10:46 AM   #1
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Exclamation Important - add anti freeze now if you havent!

If your bike has only water in the system then it would be a very good idea to drain this out for a neat anti freeze/coolant mix.

We have had 3 racebikes in the past week come in that are frozen up. Luckily two have just popped their core plugs. One has cracked the head sadly.

If when you remove the water you find its already gone to slush then ideally you need to check that its not popped its core (freeze) plugs. The only safe way of doing this is to wip the cam cover off and check. You can start it and see if you get water in the oil but the only problem is if the core plug has popped then it could travel down into the engine and munch something expensive.

I reckon alot of bikes will suffer this winter due to it being so cold for so long.

Hope this helps.

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Old 05-01-10, 10:10 PM   #2
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I thought it was standard practice to drain race bikes for the winter?
Its a smaller job than flushing an engine filled with Antifreeze.

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Old 06-01-10, 04:07 PM   #3
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Default Re: Important - add anti freeze now if you havent!

Oohhh mine is sitting in the garage, was gonna put battery on tonight and start her up ..... will this be a bad idea ???
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Old 06-01-10, 04:12 PM   #4
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Shell, your road bike will probably have anti-freeze in it anyway Racers may not particularly fill their cooling systems up with liquid containing anti-freeze
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Old 06-01-10, 04:55 PM   #5
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Default Re: Important - add anti freeze now if you havent!

Yeah, I drained mine just before christmas. also left a small cup of water next to the bike in the garage so I could check for freezing. Might just antifreeze and refill anyway to be on the safe side, its easy enough to drain again in March.
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Old 06-01-10, 07:09 PM   #6
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Shell, your road bike will probably have anti-freeze in it anyway Racers may not particularly fill their cooling systems up with liquid containing anti-freeze
More to the point IIRC the ACU regs state that there should not be anti-freeze in them.

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Old 06-01-10, 07:59 PM   #7
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More to the point IIRC the ACU regs state that there should not be anti-freeze in them.

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ah, that must be due to antifreeze being quite a slippery substance when spread over...lets say...tarmac...?
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Shell, your road bike will probably have anti-freeze in it anyway Racers may not particularly fill their cooling systems up with liquid containing anti-freeze

It belongs to me it's bound to break everythin I touch at the mo is breaking

I think I will start it when it not so cold .... minus 9 tonight ..... even Samsons paws froze today and he refused to walk
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More to the point IIRC the ACU regs state that there should not be anti-freeze in them.

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Correct. But if your not racing it then pop some in. I leave it in all my bikes right up until the evening of the first meeting. Have seen bikes freeze overnight at the circuit too. Its going to be a common problem this winter sadly for some.
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Mines dozing in a heated garage but Im may just pop some in just to be on the same side
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