Sun, 1 Nov 1998 15:38:41 +0100 - Message No. 4380
From: "Dirk De bruyn"

Subject: Radiator leak


Hi,

I'm happy.  Finally I've got my @ back ...

About two weeks ago I noticed some cooling liquid under the bike: the
radiator on the right was leaking.  

The problem was caused by the plastic grill which sits below the radiator
(and contains the horn).  The upper side of the grill covers about 1 or 2cm
of  the radiator.  The plastic vibrates and had scraped away the aluminium
of the radiator.  Also on the left hand side, you can see the traces.

Since my bike is 2,5 years old, the Honda warranty is no longer valid.  But
when I bought the bike 1 year ago, my dealer gave me a written warranty of
2 years (I boughed a rental bike). 
So he installed a brand new radiator for free.
And to avoid more damage, he has glued rubber pads on both radiators.

Consequence: I need transportation, so they gave me a CB500 (for free, as
usual).  But because my dealer didn't have much time, it took 10 days to
fix the bike.  When I finally got back on my own @, after 1000Km on the CB,
it looked and felt huge.  And goooooooood.

But now a question: my dealer had never heared of the problem.  Has anyone
of you?

Dirk




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