Single radiator

yorkylancs · Post by **yorkylancs** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:45 pm

Hi has anyone tried running a single radiator on a storm,like scuba dogs in the gallery,any info appreciated cheers..

chuxsta · Post by **chuxsta** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 7:14 pm

there is a rather recent post about the same thing..

recall seeing pictures of a USA guy putting a single rad under the seat unit,

yorkylancs · Post by **yorkylancs** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 7:41 pm

Nice one,cant see there being much of a problem meself,losing two side mounted ones for one at the front,scubas looks well smart,is he still about? Cheers lads.

yorkylancs · Post by **yorkylancs** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:57 pm

One rad eh? try as i might i dont think it will fit in front of the front cylinder,can only guess that scubadog took the fan off.Did stormsmasher have his fitted to one side only?Bummer it looked good an all.

fishface · Post by **fishface** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:06 pm

youd need to fit a curved one up front so you still had enough room from left 2 right lock ive a gsxr1100 front end on my bike but the steering lock is piss poor ,the usd forks are 56mm wide also oil cooler would need lifting all do able tho
i was thinking along the lines of 1 rad mounted in front of forks some how

yorkylancs · Post by **yorkylancs** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:04 pm

Yeah if you have any joy let me know,it looks good with one rad up front.Just got some fireblade usd"s 929 model,thats why i was trying,thought the original forks were not quite beefy enough for streetfighter look,but now at least i will still get the improved handling.Does anybody know if the 929 wheel is the same as the storm one,the axle is obviously bigger on 929.Just thinking if i can use any storm bits like calipers/discs etc, cheers yorky..

Post by **sirch345** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:33 pm

Here's a pic of Stormsmashers bike (in one of it's earlier stages of design) with the single rad. Iirc he used a CBR600 rad. You can also see that the oil cooler has been fitted lower down to make room for it, as F/F mentions.

HTH,

Chris.

marravtr · Post by **marravtr** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:47 pm

now that i do like

yorkylancs · Post by **yorkylancs** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:43 pm

Looks good,but still cant tell if he is running a rad,looks like there is a lot of room there though,perhaps the cbr has a smaller fan assembly,didnt want to run mine without,as the rad is small as it is.Will think on it,have to wrestle with them usd"s yet.....one thing at a time

stormsmasher · Post by **stormsmasher** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 6:19 pm

Sorry for the late reply....

The pic shows an early CBR600 rad fitted which worked fine until I did a stoppie and it self destructed on my front wheel taking the fender with it.

Since then I have actually been running a modified firestorm LHS rad which also works well providing the bike is moving at anything over 20mph.

Space is tight, worse still with thick USD fork legs....too tight for a fan!

Hope this helps.

Daz

yorkylancs · Post by **yorkylancs** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 6:57 pm

Nice one Daz,thanks for your input,will go ahead with the single radiator but will use the right hand one as this has the filler spout already on it,did your motor ever go past 3/4 on the temp gauge,can live with that.Mate of mine runs his race bike with no fan,and is always complaining bout the marshals holding them in the pit lane for ages.Can make a do if it is not to impracticable,just dont want to much hassle with overheating.Cheers again..Yorky.

stormsmasher · Post by **stormsmasher** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 7:51 am

I only had it really high once when I had thrashed the bike all the way from Skegness to Notts when I was late for work one day this summer.

Traffic was heavy in Notts and although the gauge kept reasonably low (sub 3/4) it must have got hot when I got to work since a fair amout of water was forced out of one of the overflow tubes requiring a bit of a top up.

Speaking of computer fans, I doubt they would be up to the job and have always been on the look out for a really small fan that gives umph but never found one.

Oh and it might be worth removing the plastic shield that is under the front of the airbox, one of its uses is to create an airdam to push air sideways through the rads.....since you need hot air to leave the back of the rad it makes sense to remove this obstruction above the engine and allow an exit route through the sides of the frame.

yorkylancs · Post by **yorkylancs** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:16 am

Is that the piece of plastic that makes getting the cam cover off hard work? It sits right upto the headstock,i will get on it this afters.Busy routing drain pipes and the like,petrol ones i have moved inbetween clutch release and genny cover,tried to be careful with those,ones a breather an the others a overflow.The ones from the expansion tank dump out clutch side,one appears to have a straight drop onto exhaust system...Will give me an early warning sign at least! Am quite happy with the look of the left side,that big front cylinder looks good uncovered,but the right side looks a bit naff,like something is missing( a fairing i guess).Have to figure out how to mount rad,will fab up some brackets tommoz at work,then the oil cooler,could do with some info on braide hoses,like can i cut down the original pipework,and use the ones with the anodised fittings on the end with a jubilee clip.Presume they dont run a lot of pressure in them....Cheers anyways Daz,must dash looking for a blade front wheel,rare as rocking horse s**t,will have to wait till after crimbo though bit skint! Xmas sucks,have a merry one. Yorky.