I bought my first bike yesterday. After reading this board it seems the perfect choice. It's a 2000 with 1600 miles on it. Took my gearhead buddy to ride it home for me. We checked everything (we thought) & the bike looked great. Oil level looked fine......
Rode for about 30 minutes at about 40-50 mph, everything seemed fine so we hit the hwy. About 20 miles down the road-- overheat. Hmmm, maybe this little bike isn't supposed to cruise at 75-80?? Check stupid stuff......
Hmmm, oil is a little high, didn't notice that before. The nice new oil was the same color as the dipstick & I didn't see the line of oil above the crosshatches. Still, a STUPID mistake.
Drained out 1 quart excess!
Bike seemed to run fine the rest of the way home, about 80 miles.
Can these things survive the occasional overheat??
Since the bike does not have a temperature gauge, what symptoms of overheating cause you to believe that happened? Other than sitting at idle, being run on a dyno or in slow traffic I have never heard of one overheating - even at temperatures of well over 100 degrees F.
It was running fine, lost power over 3-4 seconds, and shut off. My buddy pulled to the shoulder. The engine was WAY HOT. I burned my fingers removing the dipstick, thru my gloves. It discolored the oil.
I changed the oil today. Good rainy day project.
Thanks!
ChuckS