I'm no expert but check these links.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_do_you...to_the_coolant
http://autorepair.about.com/od/autor...antifreeze.htm
Personally I would drop whats in there at the moment and refill with fresh. I would not worry about the car/motorbike senario - coolant is coolant or should I say antifreeze is antifreeze?
Have you a leak in the system???