new oil cooler

[rodburner]

Got a wild hair on the porch this morning,while waiting to take the wife to the doctors,and thought my bike needed a change,so I made a new cooler. And because its Bonnie`s 50th this year,I decided old skool would look the best,so I went oil in frame.:eeek:
Popped off the right lower frame tube,welded all the holes shut,added 4 "thru holes" for some cooling,welded in bungs at the top and bottom and went looking for some plumbing bits.Ran out of time before the appointment,but will get it hooked up before the weekend.It added almost 1/2qt to the capacity and has plenty of surface area and mass.

 

[sweatmachine]

hey that's cool! I'd love to see more pics and hear how the temp compares at either end.

 

[rodburner]

got it all plumbed in today,no leaks.Now just have to fill up the fatty tank,now that the Caswell is dry,and whip up a new seat this weekend. The front looks pretty clean now..

 

[hankmarx]

That is unbelievably badass.
Super clean.
Wow.
:worthy:

 

[sweatmachine]

gonna put your temp gun on it?

 

[nohawk]

I wish I knew how to "whip" up a new seat, mine sucks. Another fine job Rodburner!

 

[rodburner]

gonna put your temp gun on it?

Hey Jeff.I took some reads during my short ride this weekend.I wish I could have found another Bonnie that was out riding so I could get some comparison.I `ve been reading some articles on line and have gotten some input from people I who`s opinion I respect [Jojie],so the jury is still out.I had reads of 20 degrees difference when I would just pull over and measure them,but it wouldn`t take long for the read to equalize with the bike just sitting there at idle while I did it. Any idea if the stock cooler only works while in motion,or does it equalize all the temps until it gets airflow? I will continue to play around with it anyway,until I can prove to myself that it won`t work,then I`ll plumb in the Spurgin cooler out back and underneath the swingarm pivot..

Nohawk,allz ya need is an old shovel and some sheet metal..

 

[D9]

Ya done it again... damn cool mod bro! Want to see some pics from
further back... gotta be so clean to see the OC gone!

 

[koifarm]

Interesting concept on the oil in frame thing....great idea, it really cleans up the front end amazingly.....nice job, clean, well done....good job!!

 

[rodburner]

Ya done it again... damn cool mod bro! Want to see some pics from
further back... gotta be so clean to see the OC gone!

 

[rodburner]

gonna put your temp gun on it?

at the right head banjo and the return line,right at the block fitting.I had to let it sit a couple minutes after my ride to get those high reads...

On my ride it stayed mostly in the 110-140 range. Head banjo is the right meter obviously.

 

[rodburner]

Finished thermal testing of the new cooler system to my satisfaction,[the cooling effects held up during yesterdays 2 hour/75 mile ride@75-80F ambient outside temp] so I made a new seat to celebrate.

 

[nohawk]

Do you have an oil pressure gauge on the bike?

 

[rodburner]

nope

 

[sweatmachine]

That looks great Steve! The bike is looking really good, esp the tank. I love the all blacked-out look with the raw/silver tank. I've been thinking about getting another tank and PC'ing it chrome.

 

[rodburner]

Updated the cooler to version II and finally got time to plumb it in tonight..

 

[sweatmachine]

that's awesome! Super clean. Where does it cross over? underneath?

 

[adrianwhipp]

thats one 'wild hair'.

awesome.

 

[rodburner]

The legs tie together on the end of the right leg,with the left leg feeding a rubber line around the back of the engine,into a tee.