Is this radiator unusable?

69camaro said:

I have a very small water leak which seems to be left side front of the bike, I thought it might be a hose, but looking at it I can't see any issue so it might be my radiator, which sucks because I just looked at partszilla and it will take 200+ days to get, which means nope back ordered and might never come in. for my bike part number
19010-MCV-R11
if anyone has one I might be interested I still need to confirm the issue, it isn't like it continuously leaks just after riding a couple drips

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I had the same issue last month thinking it was a leak from the top of the radiator. So I ordered a new one, 1000 €, in backorder for several months! So I went to a radiator repair shop. One day later a got a phone call telling me there was no leak after testing under pressure. I checked the hoses and they looked fine. I just ordered new clamps and no more leaking detected😀. I also had some problems to cancel my order but finally got my money back. So this time a backorder saved me a lot of money...

69camaro said:

I have a very small water leak which seems to be left side front of the bike, I thought it might be a hose, but looking at it I can't see any issue so it might be my radiator, which sucks because I just looked at partszilla and it will take 200+ days to get, which means nope back ordered and might never come in. for my bike part number
19010-MCV-R11
if anyone has one I might be interested I still need to confirm the issue, it isn't like it continuously leaks just after riding a couple drips

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Could it be leaking from the water pump "weep hole" ? It's behind the big chrome lower side cover over the water pump, transmission & linkage, etc.

rangers4u said:

Could it be leaking from the water pump "weep hole" ? It's behind the big chrome lower side cover over the water pump, transmission & linkage, etc.

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No, checked that first thing I will get a pic, yesterday went for a ride so there should be a little bit of dripping

69camaro said:

ok here is a few pictures. View attachment 219521
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Lot's of blue... Been trickling . wonder if your lower hose is oblong?

Looks like it's coming from above.
I would lift the tank and check the hoses, clamps and radiator cap.
In my case the leak came from the upper hose connecting to the radiator. A new clamp was the solution.
Let's hope it is not a radiator leak.

Merry Prankster said:

Lot's of blue... Been trickling . wonder if your lower hose is oblong?

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yes, and the funny thing is when I drained and cleaned and refilled the cooling system a few months ago Couple of quick things done on the bike today. At that time the coolant was green and didn't seem to have any leaks. I wonder if my work there caused anything to happen. I knew right away that I was getting a few drops after every ride so I am not surprised by the trail of blue.