Whats wrong with my bike?

[Scorpius01]

Originally Posted by ky_paramedic

i rode it agan this morning around 60 miles and no problems. light never came on. i dont think anything is wrong or it would have overheated by now. when i changed the clutch cover i never touched the water pump or anything behind it. I did drain the coolant. i just wonder if maybe i got some air in the coolant system making it do that. becuase i rode all day in the heat yesterday and it didnt come one. then it did when i got home last night. and it was a lot cooler out by that time.

Did you purge the air out of the system?
Air pockets in a liquid pressurized system are vey bad. They are 'hot pockets' if you will, which means you over heated your engine. If it does not go through coolant you got very lucky.

[SilverBullet]

Originally Posted by ky_paramedic

i checked and the rad. is full. when it gets low it just vacumes it out of the reserve tank..right? so as long as it is full i should still be ok?

No like Alf stated you need to look in your bike manual or a service manual on how to "Burp" the air out of your lines in your specific model. Especially since it seems that your Radiator cap is not on the top right corner of the actual radiator.

Usually it involves filling up the radiator overfill and taking the radiator cap off. Then start the bike and watch for it to bubble. The level usually drops if you have air in the line. If you do, just keep topping it off till it doesn't drop anymore.

Once you are done burping the system check the overfill container after a few minutes giving the system time to relax and see if you need to add any to that.

again that is the general way to do it when the radiator cap is on the top of the radiator and not in a remote location like it seems yours is. It may be the same though.