Single rad conversion possible?

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brownie
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Single rad conversion possible?

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I fancy fightering my Storm, but leaving two rads exposed is a concern.

Would a conversion to a single radiator be possible, if so I can't see how?

Or leave them where they are but knock up some kind of protection for them?

I vaguely remember this being discussed before but I couldn't find it through a search.

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Post by Squiffythewombat »

it has to be possible as theres a storm on the gallery with it! First page, top right hand side, its red and silver and has a single rad mod! Ive no idea hows its done tho, sorry!
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Squiffy, how come you can access the gallery and its been having problems for ages ? Pete if you read this whats going on ? :?
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Post by Bink »

Yella...
he's not looking @ 'The Gallery' (hyperlink above) but at the Picture Gallery on the home page (top left hand corner)

The Gallery I can't access either.
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Re: Single rad conversion possible?

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brownie wrote:I fancy fightering my Storm, but leaving two rads exposed is a concern.

Would a conversion to a single radiator be possible, if so I can't see how?

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There's a pic of one in the latest edition of Streetfighters mag , have a look at that , it might give you some idea of what you need

Foreign bloke , IIRC , but there may be a way of contacting him ??
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Re: Single rad conversion possible?

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brownie wrote:I fancy fightering my Storm, but leaving two rads exposed is a concern.

Would a conversion to a single radiator be possible, if so I can't see how?

Or leave them where they are but knock up some kind of protection for them?
It's a pretty straightforward exercise in theory - remove the two originals, fabricate some brackets for the new single rad, connect the pipework and that's about it.

However there are some practical problems to overcome. One of the reasons for the side mounted rads was to keep the wheelbase down with a V configuration engine, so clearance for the new rad may be an issue. A curved radiator may be better than a flat one.
Make sure the front wheel doesn't foul the rad when the forks are at maximum compression.
Make sure there is room for the cooling fan behind the rad. You may need to relocate the oil cooler
Make sure that the new rad provides sufficient capacity to cool the engine.

Anything is possible, depends on how much time/money you want to spend on it.

For a streetfighter, my main concern would be aesthetic - those side mounted radiators are wombles ugly.
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Keep the side rads and find someone to make up some carbon rad covers (vented). Must be someone out there that can do it?? :?
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Post by stormsmasher »

Yup
I'm running the left hand side radiator (modified) on it's own up front and so far it's working amazingly well.
While I'm riding the temp is about a quarter but raises if I'm stopped for a long while since I don't have a fan fitted (no room).

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