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Offline Mister Tee

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I almost torched my Concours with a flame thrower yesterday
« on: October 26, 2015, 08:25:58 AM »
Seriously.

It took me two hours of stripping crap off the bike just to add some blinker fluid. The thought of cutting a hole in the fairing with a sawzall just to access the coolant reservoir actually entered my mind. How I got the fairing back in place without breaking something was a minor miracle.
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Offline gPink

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Re: I almost torched my Concours with a flame thrower yesterday
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2015, 08:33:28 AM »
You would have taken pics for us if you did?
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Re: I almost torched my Concours with a flame thrower yesterday
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2015, 09:31:52 AM »
Gets easier each tear down
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Re: I almost torched my Concours with a flame thrower yesterday
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2015, 09:43:08 AM »
Quote from: Mister Tee on October 26, 2015, 08:25:58 AM
It took me two hours of stripping crap off the bike just to add some blinker fluid.

Is this a new feature - never heard of "blinker fluid".

YOU have a flame thrower?  Where can I get one.   :rotflmao:


You think you had it hard?  Try it with the Canyon Cages on.  I cut my fairings just enough to get the fairing off with the CC's on,  and it made it twice
as hard to remove or install compared to before the CC's were installed.   :banghead:

Maybe that will get easier with more practice - time will tell.

Now the $64,000 question - Why did you need to add fluid?
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Re: I almost torched my Concours with a flame thrower yesterday
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2015, 09:58:12 AM »
Quote from: SilverConnieRider on October 26, 2015, 09:43:08 AM
Is this a new feature - never heard of "blinker fluid".

YOU have a flame thrower?  Where can I get one.   :rotflmao:


You think you had it hard?  Try it with the Canyon Cages on.  I cut my fairings just enough to get the fairing off with the CC's on,  and it made it twice
as hard to remove or install compared to before the CC's were installed.   :banghead:

Maybe that will get easier with more practice - time will tell.

Now the $64,000 question - Why did you need to add fluid?

Okay, I guess now that I've sobered up it was actually a Bic lighter, not a flame thrower.

I haven't noted any leaks, it's probably just evaporation over time.
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Re: I almost torched my Concours with a flame thrower yesterday
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2015, 10:13:54 AM »
It's not that difficult to remove fairing pieces.  Keep track of the screws and washers.  Make a template on where the screws go and put them in the screw locations.  Also remember to seat the interlocking tabs where they are supposed to go.  Normally you add coolant to the bottle on the left lower side.  I only do the rad if I'm doing a fluid replacement.
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Re: I almost torched my Concours with a flame thrower yesterday
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2015, 12:27:43 PM »
Quote from: Gigantor on October 26, 2015, 09:31:52 AM
Gets easier each tear down

+1. I felt the same as T the first time I did it. Now I don't even think about it.
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Re: I almost torched my Concours with a flame thrower yesterday
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2015, 01:58:21 PM »
Murph's socket head screw kits (for a C10) are worth a zillion minutes of bliss, coupled with a small electric 1/4 drive Skil driver wrench, or electric screw driver and hex bit, nekid Conni in minutes....

hell, Kaw got smart on the C14.... just need the right drivers, ez pz.
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Re: I almost torched my Concours with a flame thrower yesterday
« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2015, 06:13:03 PM »
After years and years of pulling plastic off a C10 the C14 is a dream. Fast and easy.
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Re: I almost torched my Concours with a flame thrower yesterday
« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2015, 11:14:30 AM »
With a few feet of hose of the right diameter (I use clear one), you don't need to remove anything to top off the coolant reservoir; gravity is your friend ;). And yes, you always have to top off coolant reservoir on a new bike or car, and sometimes several times, until system is fully purged. But few owners keep an eye on that initially.
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Re: I almost torched my Concours with a flame thrower yesterday
« Reply #10 on: October 27, 2015, 11:50:16 AM »
You can get to the res cap without removing any plastic?
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Re: I almost torched my Concours with a flame thrower yesterday
« Reply #11 on: October 27, 2015, 01:00:19 PM »
Quote from: gPink on October 27, 2015, 11:50:16 AM
You can get to the res cap without removing any plastic?

Hole saw.
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Re: I almost torched my Concours with a flame thrower yesterday
« Reply #12 on: October 27, 2015, 01:29:43 PM »
Quote from: gPink on October 27, 2015, 11:50:16 AM
You can get to the res cap without removing any plastic?

only if you have a green 2015.....
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Re: I almost torched my Concours with a flame thrower yesterday
« Reply #13 on: October 27, 2015, 03:31:07 PM »
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Re: I almost torched my Concours with a flame thrower yesterday
« Reply #14 on: October 27, 2015, 03:52:51 PM »
Quote from: gPink on October 27, 2015, 03:31:07 PM
:)

and reallllllly skinny tiny hands and arms.....





naaaa... I don't think so.

at least on my '08, you can actually see the tank, without pulling plastic....
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Offline Mister Tee

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Re: I almost torched my Concours with a flame thrower yesterday
« Reply #15 on: October 28, 2015, 08:44:21 AM »
Well wait a minute now...

If you pulled only the glove box, could you access the reservoir cap? (damn, I should have tried that.)
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Re: I almost torched my Concours with a flame thrower yesterday
« Reply #16 on: October 28, 2015, 02:33:51 PM »
Quote from: Mister Tee on October 28, 2015, 08:44:21 AM
Well wait a minute now...

If you pulled only the glove box, could you access the reservoir cap? (damn, I should have tried that.)

not really...
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