Krx overheating
I have a 2020 krx. I love the machine. But we ride in mesquite Nevada and going over a rock section on the trail about 100 yards past it I noticed the machine was overheating. Like 260 deg. I only had 200 miles of flat road riding before this section of trail. The over flow jug was puking coolant out. And I noticed the cooling fan was not running it looked like it was trying to run but not. And when it did start it’s like it got momentary voltage and would just start up and coast to a stop again. Finally after turning the key on and off multiple times the fan started to work then the engine started to cool down. I believe there must have been a air bubble in there somewhere and going over that rock section brought it loose or something and then Vapor locked the water pump or something I put a half a water bottle of water back in it and everything seem to recover. And my friend who was riding with us had a brand new 2021 with 50 miles on it and 1 mile down the trail from where I had my issue he did the same thing but never would recover ended up destroying the engine. So I ended up dragging him to the destination we were going to spend the night and all the way home a total of 130 miles. He took it to his dealer where we had both bought our machines from. The dealer is an amazing dealer a great guy and a very very personal experience to buy from. But two payments later on his machine and still has no answers or any end in sight of getting it fixed and put back in his garage. I wish some answers could come and also figure out what we are going to do with my machine because it also got as hot as his did. The dealer has contacted Kawasaki multiple times but no answers are coming back to him to get this machine fixed that he paid $20,000 for so he can at least use it instead of sitting at the dealer waiting for answers on what they are going to do. In my opinion as hot as it got a whole complete engine, it actually melted a sensor in the front of the engine it got so hot. I feel that he needs a new complete engine installed in that machine rather than a rebuild I don’t see what the issue is with sending a new engine on a machine that only has 70 miles on it. I don’t feel that is wrong to do and my machine only had 200 miles on it I feel there needs to be something done with it also.
By Jake B.