My bike had been laid up for several months and I took her for her annual test last week, ironically I was musing to myself how little trouble she has been so far.. just a water pump seal last year. During the test she was idled for a while and afterwards she was left to sit. After chatting with the guys I went to leave and noticed coolant had leaked down the oil tank and the radiator hose above it looked damp. I rode her home and it didn't look much worse. Took her out for a couple of hours ride yesterday and it seemed OK other than what looks to be "sweating" from the strings in the hose. I've read both negative and positive reports on OEM hoses, mine bike has low mileage (15k miles) and the coolant was changed along with the water pump seal last year, by me.
I don't know if this sweating is just coolant that had tracked back into the hose from the original leak or if the hose has become porous inside, I guess I'll monitor it over the next few rides.
If it is actually doing this is it ok to ignore it or should I be looking at changing all the hoses?
What do you think of these hoses on fleabay?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KTM-950-990- ... VFWiAGFXvg
Should I go for white hoses? (I am tempted by them
)Why do you think the seller says they don't fit the KTM 990R ?(I will contact the seller to ask).
Are the hoses different between the SD & SDR 990's?
Loads of question but thanks in advance.. that is unless you know all the answers and can't be arsed to tell me, in which Shame On You!
I have now, no doubt, shamed you into telling me the answers in which case I thank you in advance also.
