radiator hose info.

[jcs003]

can someone give me more infoo on those clear hoses they are getting from home depot/lowes? cost?

what is the length?

what bikes have you used them on?

will it work with my 250r?

[jcs003]

no one???

[Motofool250r]

id like to know also they got to take a decent amount of temperature to work

[jcs003]

Originally posted by Motofool250r
id like to know also they got to take a decent amount of temperature to work

i heard they are temperature rated, but it would be helpful to know how they work in our application.

[ehorst33]

that makes 3 of us then, Ive been trying to figure out the same things.

[thedeatons]

I have them on my 265. Every hose is the clear braided vinyl from Lowe's, in 3/4" size. They work just fine. Two desert trips, and MULTIPLE times I have seen the inline temp gauge at 250 (pegged) when I was learning how to jet it. One time I grabbed the hoses with my gloves at 250 and tried to tweak them, they held just fine. They do get softer, but they do not destruct.

They tend to lightly tint toward the coolant you are using. I was using Red Line, so the hoses tinted pink. I switched to Engine Ice because the Red Line is not antifreeze, so now I am going to spend another $10 and get new hoses so they will tint blue properly.

Really I have to get new hoses anyway because of the new Afco radiator... No reason to pay a bunch of money, these hoses work great!

[Motofool250r]

got any pics deatons?

[jcs003]

i love the price :D too good to be true.

what are the lengths?

[Motofool250r]

just guessing here but i think its priced by the foot max 5$ a foot maybe? usually like 1$ a foot

[thedeatons]

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[thedeatons]

I got the idea from a magazine years ago. Kawasaki's Team Green was using these in World Superbike, with green antifreeze running through them.

Somewhere around $2-$3 per foot. That left me enough money to buy some nice rolled stainless steel hose clamps (the non-marring type). :)

A trick with these is to tighten them down, add the coolant, then warm the quad up and tighten them again while the hoses are soft, this way you can be sure they are tight enough.

James

[jcs003]

deatons, beautiful bike...hoses actually look trick.

thanks.

[thedeatons]

Thank you! You can color match them to your plastic. Red Line is reddish pink, Engine Ice is blue, standard coolant is green, Liquid Performance is orange, Evans is charcoal gray, etc....

[rigger]

That looks just like regular old nylon re-inforced clear hose. That is just hardware store stuff. I never would have thought that it would have held up to the temp.

But hey, if it works, then great. I just ordered some hoses for my R. Wish I had seen this thread first.

[danhung11]

James,

Do these hold shape? I know the hose coming from the radiator back to motor comes very close to my pipe, is this an issue?

Also, what about the hose connect from the water pump to jug? The OEM and aftermarket hose have a slight bend in them to avoid touching the pipe, is there a clearance issue on this?

Thanks,
Dan

[thedeatons]

The shape actually gets better after you initially get them warm. When I first installed mine I noticed they almost looked like they were trying to crimp, but then when heated up the molecular structure changed, and they curved with the heat.

I pulled them off to install the Afco and they stayed curved....

James

[quadbod]

Just to clarify, these are standard garden hoses you use to water the grass?? Got a link to buy them??

[jcs003]

Originally posted by quadbod
Just to clarify, these are standard garden hoses you use to water the grass?? Got a link to buy them??

thay are not garden hoses. you will find them in the plumbing section.

[zcarlson12]

I doubt anyone knows or that this member comes on here but where can I find those shock rezzy clamps?

[DnB_racing]

I doubt anyone knows or that this member comes on here but where can I find those shock rezzy clamps? if im not mistaken those are just cable clamps1718110043