Therapy
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I would ride it hard up a long hill and stop to test max heat stress on a hot a day as poss ,with a pillion ideally ,if no problem I would try and forget it .(safely of course) My fan has only ever come on going up huge hills in the Pyrenees on 40 deg c days ,it never comes on here in coooool Scotland.
The paint is atrocious quality ! one really shouldn't have anything washing around the cooling system ,it takes very little to bump a head gasket temporarily
Summer in Florida one up in stop-and-go traffic will test any cooling system. Their test for an hour sitting in the parking lot is pretty good I think. (I would not have made it through that test in riding gear).
I wonder how people can tell when their fans come on. I certainly can't. One needs a flashlight while kneeling next to the bike as far as I can tell.
Also my brother says Honda is known for bad radiator caps and I probably had one that was not seated properly.
I guess we shall see.
Thanks to all who contributed and let me vent.