steering bearings

[simongpz]

hello all where is the best place to get steering bearings for an er5 apart from ebay or kawasaki and does anyone know anywhere that does radiator repairs or reconditioning :)

[Scotty]

Easiest thing is to remove the original bearings, clean them up a bit (petrol and an old toothbrush will do for that) and take them to a local bearing supplier (look on line or in Thompson or yellow pages) and they'll be able to match them.

[NiteW4tcher]

as scotty said.............although my local bearing place was more expensive than suzuki main dealer :-?

[NiteW4tcher]

oh and http://www.aaronradiator.co.uk/

[simongpz]

ive not got the original bearings bike came in bits with bearings missing radiator place looks good thanks for advice :) :) :)

[wiltshire builders]

http://www.arrowrad.co.uk/ they're on the bowerhill estate. Seemed pretty knowledgable when I went although that was about 10 years ago.

[silly_simon]

http://www.arrowrad.co.uk/ they're on the bowerhill estate. Seemed pretty knowledgable when I went although that was about 10 years ago.


+1 for Arrow radiators :)

[Jon_W]

I'd get oem bearings and not muck around.

[Blackandchrome]

I must agree with Jon on this. They should not be too expensive and you will know that you are fitting the right parts. :)
And sorry; air cooled motors for me, no idea on the rad repair. :(

[Scotty]

Without the original head bearings to hand you don't have much choice. Call a Kawasaki dealer for a price and maybe see what Wemoto (http://www.wemoto.com/bikes/Kawasaki/) can supply as well.

What's up with the radiator, is it damaged and leaking or just tatty? If the fins are all bent you can spend some time straightening them with tweezers or a very small screwdriver (it does take a while!) Leaks can be repaired with Araldite - I found this out in Spain two weeks ago following an unfortunate interface between my bike and a large rock that resulted in a damaged radiator :'( (I'll post up photos when I get the time) - I removed the rad, gave it a good clean and applied plenty of araldite and it didn't leak another drop for the next two days' riding, total cost 3.20€ and a couple of hours of my time :)
In the past I've used Serck Marston for patching up car radiators and they've been good.

[simongpz]

bearings now sorted radiator damaged on one side but not leaking slightly twisted due to accident found arrow radiators today so going to pop radiator in to them and see if fixable :) :) :)

[Jon_W]

I'd have thought a 2nd hand one off ebay would be a cheaper option??

[simongpz]

I'd have thought a 2nd hand one off ebay would be a cheaper option??
tried ebay could not find one for the bike i need but decided to get the one ive got fixed as not to badly damaged