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Originally Posted by katflap
Though my bike has been running really well with the higher temps I'm starting to think that my bypass might perhaps be unecessary. I have noticed on some cooler days that the coolant temp has started to drop away.
I plan to put an inline tap in my bypass pipe and experiment with ajusting the flow through it.
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I have now had a little play with this but rather than use an inline tap, I used a hose clamp and closed off my bypass tube.
By doing this it didn't raise the coolant temp as I thought it might.
What i did notice is that the coolant temperature was less stable especially during warm up and also that the right hand radiator (with rad cap) warmed up alot more than before.
I now think that though the bypass tube may not be essential it is certainly desirable.
If I now wish to raise the coolant temp further I will have to upgrade from a 85c to a 90c thermostat and/or make a bypass system with a bigger internal diameter