Im waiting for the pics as well... this should be interesting.

when I washed my bike with a hose, I would set it to MIST, instead of jet or anything that was direct hit....and I would cover the ignition with a plastic bag and the electronic damper(i had a 1000RR)

unless you dunk your bike in a pool of mud, you shouldnt need a carwash hose for it...

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you had no return line to your radiator... your bike was running dry. be glad that shit didnt blow up on ya.

you can go to autozone or any car shop and buy some radiator hose that has that general shape. should cost just a few bucks.

NO No No ! Do NOT buy general ID radiator hose. Go buy the molded replacement from Yamaha. The OEM hose is molded with stiffeners to prevent the hose from collapsing at high flow rates. Using a generic hose will likely end up with the same issues as what he has now. The reason he's having the issue to begin with is that the original hose lost it's strength over time, allowing the hose to kink and collapse.

JMHO

i took that hose off, it didnt come off, the pipe i have described is next to the oil filter as shown

in that case, that pipe doesnt seem to have a kink, just a factory bent... doesnt seem to by tight enough to prevent water from flowing through it.... and I highly doubt that pressured water could cause steel to bend.... Im thinking you must have hit something and thats probably how it got bent. :idk:

Before it started to over heat had you drained and refilled it?

If so you might have had a air bubble that made its way to the pump. Happens all the time to people getting there bike ready for a trackday. When you refill it make sure you sqeeze the hoses a lot like your milking a cow it will move the air bubbles to the top.

Did you see fluid leaking from somewhere? Can you draw an arrow pointing to where in the picture? The kink I'm seeing in the picture is a factory bend and would not impede water flow.

Also, what are your symptoms of overheating? Is it just smell? What temp does your bike indicate? Is the fan running then?