Tripps
Retired superhero
- Joined
- Oct 9, 2010
- Messages
- 11,322
- Location
- Florida and NY
- Ride
- R3T,Sprintona,K1200GT, Blackbird,r/65 hack
I purchased a coolant overflow bottle from Weapon-R, at $60 the price was right and it had a sight glass. Except it was designed by an idiot. All the fittings are on top, I expected an internal dip tube to the bottom of the tank, except there wasn't one. Once the coolant went into the tank, it could never siphon back to the radiator.
Easy fix, silicone some aquarium air hose into the fitting, cut off flush when set. I didn't cut it to length first, as I didn't want to get silicone into the hose, insert hose til it's one inch from the bottom, smear about an inch of the hose with silicon, slide in the last inch. Trim hose and excess silicone when dry.
The bike seems so huge, til you start looking for a place to mount it. I've heard of people putting them under the seat if their underseat filter is removed, but I'd like to use the sight glass, probably band it to the highway bars. Sent Weapon-R a WTF email, LOL.
Easy fix, silicone some aquarium air hose into the fitting, cut off flush when set. I didn't cut it to length first, as I didn't want to get silicone into the hose, insert hose til it's one inch from the bottom, smear about an inch of the hose with silicon, slide in the last inch. Trim hose and excess silicone when dry.
The bike seems so huge, til you start looking for a place to mount it. I've heard of people putting them under the seat if their underseat filter is removed, but I'd like to use the sight glass, probably band it to the highway bars. Sent Weapon-R a WTF email, LOL.