V .. for V-piece
 

Anyone else here have a real nice bike with a real shot to s**t looking oil-cooler?!?

I was wondering if it would be a good plan to fit some mesh/gauze into the holes cut in the v-piece. If I could get the same mesh that the '02 748R has atop the side panels I would be a very happy boy:sing:

Anyone done similar?

I made my own from anodised ally and fitted it to a carbon V piece also vented the front mudguard see my avtar.:bouncy::bouncy:

I canny see your avter RR :sniff:

Sorry mate don't ask me to post a photo on here no chance had loads of help to get my avatar on.
u2u me your e-mail and Ill send you a photo ( that I can do :lol: )

NateR Sent you a photo I hope :lol:

You did! And that's exactly what I want to do ..

Where did you get the ally and did you bond it?

The fender / mudguard vent mesh is fixed with 3mm mush head allen screws as near to the real thing as I could get but mudguard is a standard one I bought of ebay.
As for for the mesh I bought it already anodised form B&Q and bonded it on with an epoxy based resin to a carbon V piece not a difficult job.

I put some mesh round the oil cooler and just held it on with tie bands.
you can get the stuff from B and Q.

rr any chance yuo could email me the photo too

748boy@bikerboys.co.uk

sounds similair to what im thinking of doing in the next week or two

One minor word of warning here.

When I brought my 996 the previous owner had put mesh in front of the oil cooler, but had removed most of it as that too had got chewed up by stones.

I didn't bother to check the V piece, on while on the way back from the ring one of these remaining bits stuck to the side of the openning finally made a hole in the front of the oil cooler, totally coating the rear tyre !!
(Btw I don't blame the previous owner - I should have checked it for myself.)

If this had happened while at the ring I doubt I'd be writing this.

Also, I have noticed that my 998 V piece also slightly rubs the front of the cooler.
So, a word of caution. By all means put the mesh on, but keep an eye on it.

Cheers,
John.

Good Shout John!

And something that many might possibly overlook.

Thanks

Your right John I cut back the return flange so as to leave a good clearance between the gause and the oil cooler.
The muguard gause is screw on and I used nylock nuts after respraying it not a bad match.

yes deej wil send you a pic also. I seem to have lost my Avatar again ???