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I think my point was well made many posts ago. There are many know-it-all bullies on this site. I stopped posting here several years ago as a result. This was an attempt to try again but I can see nothing has changed. Enjoy your lovefest here and continue to drive away nice folks who could...

And this credibility is based on one obscure part that is not used in anything I have ever seen or probably anybody else on this forum has ever seen. After an internet search he found a part to back up a ridiculous argument. Unreal. How about some credible advice here. Oh I know, "don't...

Ok, there is one example of a thermostat that fails open. You said they all do which is not true. And certainly all of the ones I've ever encountered did not. And certainly the one in the FJR was not designed to do that. So yes, I'm sure you can find an example of a bigfoot if you look hard...

I certainly have a thick skin but when I see bullshit I'm gonna call it out. I carefully read each post regarding my cooling issue and scanned for relevant data. However, I can only look through MY eyes. Sometimes from my perspective (which is uniquely mine) I do not see the relevance of a...

Good advice. I was off center to the left but in this case it would have been better to be on the right given this particular driver and his behavior. I will definitely be altering my strategy as a result of this incident.

Huh, didn't realize there was an "in" crowd here. How do you get "in"? As for the wreck, yeah, pretty fucked up morning all in all. Here is what happened. I was traveling north on Clifton Road (Clifton, VA) in a line of traffic. The road was damp as there had been some precip earlier...

That's not all that funny...even if you try to make it so by adding a smiley face. No, it was a bad 19 year old driver in his dad's car. Luckily I walked away without a scratch. Luckily.

Lol, all for not anyway quite frankly. Got sandwiched between an Infinity G37 and a Ford Expedition this morning. $5,500 estimate with a lot of Tupperware to replace. Somehow I landed on my feet. Oh well, at least the engine is running at the right temp...

Already got the refund. I have a very good relationship with the shop where I bought the bike so that probably helps. What's a Google?

Probably coincidence. Um, the only advice I didn't take was "Don't worry about it".

Yeah, never get all the air out that way but you get enough for the system to take care of the remaining air. If there is too much air in the system it cannot produce the necessary negative pressure to allow fluid in from the overflow..don't ask me how I know this. :-)

The way I do it is run the engine with the radiator cap off and keep putting coolant in until the engine is heated up and no more coolant can be added. Seems to work for me.

Tru Dat!

The Thermostat appears to be the culprit. I pulled out the old one last night and while not stuck open it has a significant scraped portion on the brass inner cylinder that moves inside the spring. This shaft has been scraping against the outer bracket of the thermostat for some time. There...

Normal reading for my bike is 7 or 8 bars when stopped at a light in traffic with the fan kicking on at 8 and dropping it down to 7. Running in the summer at speed 6 to 7 bars is normal. Now I'm getting no more than 4. When it's very cold out I can see 4 bars but that is below freezing and...

Huh, I've never heard of a thermostat that was capable of failing open let alone one specifically designed to do that. Even the one in the wife's Acura (2005 TL) failed to open properly and I noticed the higher gauge reading and replaced it...solved the problem. I discussed the heat up time at...

As predicted, this non-problem has continued to get worse. The bike is now running 3 to 4 bars lower than it used to. I actually saw three bars this morning. New evidence suggests a thermostat issue. Since the temperature gauge is indicating an even lower level but there has no corresponding...

Thermometer was clipped to the side of the pan, not touching the bottom. Fairly precise thermometer for cooking...can't be totally sure. However, we must take into account the propensity of evidence, trends if you will. The reading on the digital ohmmeter is considered to be true. The...

LOL, wrong. Just tested the sensor and it is reading out of spec. As the temp rises, the resistance goes down. The spec at 176 degrees F is 354 down to 290 ohms. Mine is reading just higher than 354. Thus the ECU thinks the bike is cooler than it actually is. This explains the cooler...

It's probably the temperature sensor. I've pulled it and am just about to test it. I'm not ignoring advice here, but "don't worry about it" is not good advice. This is a safety issue. I ride this bike every day in I95 traffic around DC. Not a place you want to break down. After 56,000...