Can our bikes run on water?

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Jan 27, 2009 | 11:31 PM

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wsideshow

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Just did a tranny job on my bike.I put only water in just incase I had a motor problem and had to drop the motor again.I did a trackday and been riding street for 2 weeks now.Bikes runs just fine.

Jan 29, 2009 | 10:35 AM

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Jaybird180

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I've been running water/ wetter 2 years now. I have no need to go back to the green stuff.

Jan 29, 2009 | 01:07 PM

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when you have the right ratio anti-freeze lowers the freeze temp but also raises the boiling point. Really it doesn't effect the boiling point much. which is why they have the cooling system sealed so as it heats up its under pressure. being under pressure is what changes the boiling point so much, so with water wetter and distilled water you should be fine

Apr 2, 2009 | 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by 405hp

So am I correct in thinking that cooling systems can run on water only, and that the only reason it is mixed with antifreeze/coolant is so that the water doesn't freeze when the temperatures drop below freezing? If that's the case, and since I only ride my bike above freezing temperatures, isn't it safe to run on water / Watter Wetter only, with no coolant?

Be careful. Just because you only ride in above zero temperatures doesn't mean it won't affect you. If your bike is in the garage and it freezes, the water/ice will expand causing major problems. Only do this if you live in Cali or Florida where you're 100% sure you won't get freezing temperatures throughout the entire year.

Apr 2, 2009 | 11:29 PM

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600RRWatson

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Originally Posted by Nauree

Another unknown fact. Waterwetter will numb your mouth.

and how did you discover this?

Apr 5, 2009 | 09:12 AM

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Any kind of mixture that lowers the freezing point, also increases the boiling point.

Apr 14, 2009 | 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason748

You are 1/2 correct. There are 2 reasons liquid cooled bikes/cars/etc... use anti-freeze. 1- So they don't freeze in the winter & 2 - Lubrication of the shaft seals in the waterpump. Other than those two things anti-freeze is really useless. If I lived in a climiate that didn't get below freezing all of my bikes would run water year around. Now I just run it in my race & trackday bikes in the summer.

Running distilled water /waterwetter will actaully run slightly cooler. But as already stated - make sure it's DISTILLED water, not tap.

Also in case you didn't know, if you look at what waterwetter is actaully made of - then look at what dish soap is made of...

waterwetter is a surfactant, aka soap.