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[bike mad]

I was out to day on my 999S and it decked out over a large wallow in the road and did the sump in, you know the bit I'm on about, the end casting of the filter,
I was lucky,I didnt know what I'd done till I got home.
But it could of been so much worse, the signs were there, the noise was there but I thought it was the fairing touching down,and the rear tyre slid abit but it had just rained,
Anyway I did something about it, so next time it hits down it wont leave oil over my back tyre,not that it's that common.
I armour plated it, A 4mm shield around it made out of hard wearing phoserous bronze,
If you have a deep sump like me and you dont want to take the bus home or have a crash, you might want to do the same mod to your bike,
so heres some pictures for you,

[sbwells]

Nice mate good thinking

[bike mad]

thanks it's nice to have some feed back and I thought anyone it has happend to would like it and the ones that it hasn't should be warned, it was not that bad a road, but I was two up.

[sbwells]

I'm a bit suprised that others haven't asked if you could do the same for them. Have read of a couple of bikes grinding through the filter casing and dumping the oil.

[bike mad]

Thats not what I though, I dont have C,N,C, so it takes a lot of time to make that type of thing, it's made to 0.03mm, a cam on a GSX is 0.20mm .
And I would need the filter casting I was making the shield for as they,re not made to that kind of prescion, each one would have to be a one off.
Dont get me wrong I dont mind it's just most people would'nt want to pay that much for what looks a simple bit of enginering,
it's a one off thing and most buy mass produced products,
If you look at my bike theres lot's of one off stuff that you can't buy, I think I can make better than you can buy,
so it floats my boat as they say.
But if you get stuck I don't mind the odd one or two,

[KeefyB]

Interesting post.
I have to say,I have'nt had a prob with the sump grounding out yet,....despite my efforts!

[bike mad]

KeefyB thanks,do you have a 999Sbip?.
It's a first for me and I,m on 13'000 miles,
but the chance of getting away so lighty is so small,all I lost was a pint of oil, it was a small hole,
Now I know it can happen on a normal road I would'nt risk it,prevention is cheaper and safer,

[KeefyB]

Mines a 999S monoposto.
I have'nt touched the sump down yet,..despite several humpback bridges and very bumpy roads.I have got the rear end set up fairly high tho,..preload and ride height just about on the max.Compression damping is on the hard side too.

[Loz]

Mine's a 999S Bip, but otherwise I'm with KeefyB here.

[bike mad]

my one is set hard,no sag on the rear and the ride hight is high as well, the front is as hard as I can take and the spring wound right up,
but call me thick but even if the forks and shock compress right up the bike should not deck out,? and it dose , I have the pictures to prove it,
but I guss it must just be me and my bike with the problem,