Radiator design

[1olbull]

And we love it that way, I am actually wrapped in the cover I have which @hogweed created I think it makes the Radiator look a lot smaller

I have a polished stainless cover made by @hogweed that I like very much.
he is a pro to deal with as well.

 

[bcskier54]

Your asking a bit to much dude lets work on getting some color back in the paint jobs As for Radiators I am sure Richard from TTS will make you his radiator like on the inner-cooler radiator combo set I got from him and weld the mounts on so sits centered on the bike. It holds the same amount of coolant as the OEM one.

Color would be good. I'll probably pony up for a paint job in the future. Yours is still square -the T-birds is narrow at the top and fits the frame of the bike nicely. I know we have a few more cc's to cool, but I think there's a lot of room for improvement. IMHO

 

[Jeff Cameron]

Looks wise I like the front end of the bike the least of any angle. I do like the fact that even in very warm riding the fan only kicks in when I am not moving or stop/go traffic. Once I get rolling the fan kicks off quickly. It seems like the bike has enough cooling to not have to worry about it. My brother has a Kawasaki ZX14....That bike seems to have about a 5 degree window before it is overheating. He is always monkeying around with the cooling....everything from rad flushing/pro cleaning to new thermostats to strange additives to the coolant. Makes for a stressful ride of the weather is hot and the traffic is slow....I will take the Rocket's big rad any day.

 

[albertaduke]

Rune radiator would look great and well balanced. Would love to see that mock-up.
Might be easier to go for an M109 or even a V-Rod one though. They'd look(ish) OK too - although I have no idea about their cooling capacity on a Rocket. You could almost buy a whole M109 for the cost of the Rune rad. Well not quite but only a matter of time.

was quoted $1800 for the whole package rad and shrouds

 

[bcskier54]

The rad I gave @warp9.9 a while back is for a 500 hp civic, should see how small that is...

Was that an "of the shelf" unit, or did you fabricate it? If the later, does it have to be rectangular?

 

[cusso ken]

Was that an "of the shelf" unit, or did you fabricate it? If the later, does it have to be rectangular?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder ,the two things that first attracted me to the Rocket 3 Touring was the huge Chrome radiator grill and the 3 exhaust header pipes , the things a lot of guys want to change, if you want ugly radiators look at some other liquid cooled bikes ,most of them look like an after thought ,as mentioned previously in this thread the cooling works as designed in hot weather , if it's not broken don't fix it!

 

[CanberraR3]

Apart from things I've already changed and excluding any further changes I m ght decide to make in the future, I love everything about the Rocket and hope Triumph leave it just the way it is. Customising is for owners to do and manufacturers should leave well alone. Surely this proves my point.

 

[TOMCAT]

Apart from things I've already changed and excluding any further changes I m ght decide to make in the future, I love everything about the Rocket and hope Triumph leave it just the way it is. Customising is for owners to do and manufacturers should leave well alone. Surely this proves my point.

Nice hog man ....

Now as for the radiator on the Rocket , for every 20,000klm you travel it get's a inch narrower and shorter .. or so it seems .. hardly notice it these days. Radiator was humongous at purchase time

 

[ROCKETHEAD]

Was that an "of the shelf" unit, or did you fabricate it? If the later, does it have to be rectangular?

Of the shelf performance store.

 

[bcskier54]

Of the shelf performance store.

Well that's good to know. It's quite a bit narrower than the stock unit, but it's been offset to allow for Warp9.9's inter-cooler. Does it have to be offset (to allow proper mounting and hookup of hoses)? Or can it be centered? I assume it is thicker (more cores) to accommodate the necessary cooling capability and coolant capacity.