Dutcavich
New Member
2006 GSXR 600
Went down on turn one at Thunderbolt last July (lost my front end on entry). Bike flipped a good couple times.
Pieced it back together for an August track day to shake off the nerves. Noticed bike was heating up to 215 in the pits before even getting out on track. On track the temp dropped to normal operating temps, but it seemed sluggish. Terrible top end.
Going back into pits the temp is starting to climb again, and when the bike is shut off it begins puking out the reservoir tank. Did a couple refills with water and "burped" the bike while leaning on it's side... Same issue after next session.
Some people are telling me radiator cap, others are saying blown head gasket, possibly from the wreck. A part of me is happy because that means I should just buy a new(er) bike, but another part of me is thinking I should ride this one out one more season before I step into a more serious bike.
Kaups Cycle is right around $1000 for a Head Gasket. The bike doesn't have any suspension goodies or anything. Bought it for like $2800. Wondering if it's even worth fixing...
What would you guys do? This is only my second season riding on the track. I Ride in A-group everywhere except N2 (of course). If I remember correctly I was running :37's on this bike at Thunderbolt. Not awesome but not too bad.
Went down on turn one at Thunderbolt last July (lost my front end on entry). Bike flipped a good couple times.
Pieced it back together for an August track day to shake off the nerves. Noticed bike was heating up to 215 in the pits before even getting out on track. On track the temp dropped to normal operating temps, but it seemed sluggish. Terrible top end.
Going back into pits the temp is starting to climb again, and when the bike is shut off it begins puking out the reservoir tank. Did a couple refills with water and "burped" the bike while leaning on it's side... Same issue after next session.
Some people are telling me radiator cap, others are saying blown head gasket, possibly from the wreck. A part of me is happy because that means I should just buy a new(er) bike, but another part of me is thinking I should ride this one out one more season before I step into a more serious bike.
Kaups Cycle is right around $1000 for a Head Gasket. The bike doesn't have any suspension goodies or anything. Bought it for like $2800. Wondering if it's even worth fixing...
What would you guys do? This is only my second season riding on the track. I Ride in A-group everywhere except N2 (of course). If I remember correctly I was running :37's on this bike at Thunderbolt. Not awesome but not too bad.