what are the symptoms of an overheating 2 stroke air cooled yammy?

and what happens if my bike does overheat?

(I havent yet, but living in the desert here its gonna be in the 110+F soon enough, think i should know beforehand)

- thanks.

Not good.

Locked back wheel when the engine seizes.

Before that loss of power and pinging noises.

Hi

I live in the heat too. Don't over rev the motor in lower gears.

Add about an ounce of oil to a full tank of gas. This will help.

Don't overdo it or you'll be blowing lots of smoke and it may foul the plugs a lot.

regards.

thanks sluggo, cna you define "over rev"?

lately, in 5th gear at about 4k rpm it seems to want to bog if i try to speed up.

if i drop to 4th and runup to speed and then shift back into 5th it works better. is that a sigh of it getting to hot?

I only have to ride about 14 miles in the city to get home. average speed is 40-45 mph.

should i shut it off at stoplights?

I really need all the advice i can get since i dont want to kill it by overdoing it.

and it will be way more costly to drive my suburban for 3 months.

(but not as costly as destroying my motorcycle)