Yamaha R6 Overheating

The clocks on my 200 R6 got water in them and didn't work.
I bought a 2nd hand set and plugged them in, and all seemed to be OK,
but the bike now overheats to 99 degrees.
Is the tempaerature control in the clocks, or is this another issue?
Please help, cos I can't get out on it like this?
Cheers,
Kenny

 

Is it the gauge that's wrong or the bike "actually" overheats?

 

A 200 R6? Solid wheels and big blades on the hubs?

What did it used to run at?

It won't be boiling until you get to about 110. Does the fan cut in
and out, is your coolant level right, have you plugged all the wires
in, in the right places and the right way round? These, and other
questions all need answering.

 

99 doesn't sound all that terrible to me. I seem to recall that when I
had an R6 it wasn't properly warmed up until it showed around 85
degrees.

 

Mine sits at around 79 deg when rattling along at usual pace - fan comes on
(I think) just over the 100 deg and true overheating starts around 117 deg
(IIRC), where it's advisable to switch off and let it cool down.

 

Yeah that sounds about right to me too. I remember on the mugello trip
seeing 115 degrees when we were sat queuing in traffic to get in.

 

The VFR used to regularly get very hot slogging through London traffic -
especially in Summer. It often saw way over 100 degrees and the fan
would cut in at somewhere between 105 and 110 degrees.

 

Its cold and goes up to 99 degress, and the coolant start spitting out
of the reservior overflow and soon empties it!
It used to sit around the 80 and the fan would come on @ anything above
that, but now no fan!

 

Blown fuse or damaged fan - a stone had damaged mine? I had this with
the VFR and it caused the bike to overheat and drink coolant.

I'm sure others with far better mechanical knowledge than me can offer
some other possible causes.

 

Paul Corfield wrote

Who gives a ****, it's his own fault for not riding a proper motorcycle,
one what is air cooled.