Yes, it will run hotter. Antifreeze is to stop corrosion of the internals but does not cool down the engine. Pure water will run cooler but will corroded your internals.

 

thanx

 

I had figured on one coolant drain, that there would be enough water left in the block. So I filled it up with anti freeze, the bike ran at 171 instead of 163. <Being 163 is normal for my bike.

Kinda sucked having to take everything back apart to add some water :drunk:

 

I ran pure coolant in mine over the winter months. I just swapped the pure coolant out for Water and Water Wetter for track season.

 

Sorry for using the tread but is important for my, what would you guys recommend for my 07 R1 as far as adding coolant? is very low do they sell spacial premix coolant for R1?or i can just use 50/50 car coolant?
Thanks:dunno

 

50/50 Car coolant works for me.

 

Pure water will not corrode your internals...if it did, it would whether it was 100% or a 50-50 mix. TAP water will corrode them, because of the impurities and minerals in it. If you can, you should use distilled water (which you can get at auto parts stores). The pre-mixed 50-50 solutions use distilled water.

You can run your bike on straight water, but water boils at 212 and freezes at 32. Plus it doesn't do as good a job without the antifreeze.

You'd think straight antifreeze would be better, but ethylene glycol will actually gel at freezing temperatures and I don't believe it transfers heat as well as water.

For some reason, a mix of 30-50% water and the rest coolant seems to do a much better job than either one alone.

If you're worried about what coolant, I'd go with the Prestone "All makes, all colors" stuff.