Fitted the catch bottle back on today after giving it a buff. It is the one that was on the bike when I got it, I think it is home made looking at it and it is pitted to hell but I actually like it so on it goes.
Where the pipe pushes onto the radiator, do I need to clamp it or is a good push fit enough?
Been trying to get a one piece riser for the handlebars without too much success, so I drew one up and sent to an engineering firm to see what he could do. I got the result back today and I've got to say I'm well very happy with it. A bit big maybe but when it's all together it should sort itself out.
There is a hole down the middle of it for me to run the wires down which will be going through the middle of the bars from small switches that sort of fit inside the bars (if that makes sense).
Bodged the riser and bars on to get an idea of what it would look like. I still need to modify the top yoke, but that's another story.
I need to chop the bars down a bit as they are way too long. Not looking too bad though and the lights are starting to grow on me.
The clutch master cylinder balances things up a bit which I am made up with.
While the sun was out I thought I'd try the tank and tail piece on, the "tail piece" being a V-max petrol tank cover.
Seems to work though the final fit is still a bit of a mystery at the moment.
The overflow tube from the radiator has to be submerged in fluid so that when the coolant cools down it sucks fluid back into the rad rather than air, it needs to be routed to the bottom of the container.
creedxup wrote:The overflow tube from the radiator has to be submerged in fluid so that when the coolant cools down it sucks fluid back into the rad rather than air, it needs to be routed to the bottom of the container.
That's what I have been told by someone else so the blue tube runs to the bottom of the bottle inside, will that be OK or do I have to redo it?
creedxup wrote:I thought the R1 forks were too short to be used on the EXUP?
From the looks of your bike, they are plenty long enough (possibly holding the front even higher than standard) I like it, it looks really good.
They are a bit shorter than the RU forks but I have claimed about 15mm back by having them low down in the top yoke and putting covers over the holes. It's proably still about 10mm lower but I can live with that, may just steer a bit quicker.
creedxup wrote:The overflow tube from the radiator has to be submerged in fluid so that when the coolant cools down it sucks fluid back into the rad rather than air, it needs to be routed to the bottom of the container.
That's what I have been told by someone else so the blue tube runs to the bottom of the bottle inside, will that be OK or do I have to redo it?
No, if it runs to the bottom of the bottle and it's covered by coolant it'll be fine.
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