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Questions about GS oil cooler fitment
- Thread starter Lorenzo
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sharpy
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I had to trim it to size.
Put it on winter, take it off summer!
Why not just have a cover over ure cooler for winter/cooler days. seems less hassle
Zactly, but simple is not interesting.
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sharpy
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Not fooling around. If you want a cool engine spend huge amounts and put Earls Cooler and lines on your bike. You are thinkn too much. you need to just fit good stuff thats been done before......
That's what that piece of cardboard is. Is there an easy, snap on, snap off type of cover?
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sharpy
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piece of plastic and two huge rubber-bands or inner tube cut offs does the trick
So I've got a piece of cardboard and two huge twist ties. What's the diff? Goes on once a year, comes off once a year.
sharpy, .that piece looks the job!!
What cooler has you got? I was sourcing a TL1000 one but the mounting brackets are too far apart to mount it on the threaded holes in the two front frame tubes (spaced 3,9''/10cm against the 5.5''/13,97 of the TL cooler).
Of course I could fabric a bracket but, I have a vague penchant for stock looking mods...
Still waiting for a qualified answer about the purpose of the blanked hole on the oil filter cap.
Having the bike, a similar blank on the oil pressure switch housing, plus the threaded holes ont the frame, it seems like Suzuki just stopped an inch from fitting the cooler herself.
Maybe (point of question) the blank in the filler cap could be threaded to accept the flow of oil to the cooler and the blank on the pressure switch housing to accept the return?
And, gentlemen... do not feud over a piece of cardboard
Answers please...
What cooler has you got? I was sourcing a TL1000 one but the mounting brackets are too far apart to mount it on the threaded holes in the two front frame tubes (spaced 3,9''/10cm against the 5.5''/13,97 of the TL cooler).
Of course I could fabric a bracket but, I have a vague penchant for stock looking mods...
Still waiting for a qualified answer about the purpose of the blanked hole on the oil filter cap.
Having the bike, a similar blank on the oil pressure switch housing, plus the threaded holes ont the frame, it seems like Suzuki just stopped an inch from fitting the cooler herself.
Maybe (point of question) the blank in the filler cap could be threaded to accept the flow of oil to the cooler and the blank on the pressure switch housing to accept the return?
And, gentlemen... do not feud over a piece of cardboard
Answers please...
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The non-threaded boss on the oil pressure switch plate is for a temp sensor. There were a couple model bikes that used the boss but not many.
The blank on the oil filter cover could be drilled and tapped for a fitting to be used by an oil cooler, but I've never studied the particular pros and cons of doing this. Most people just route all the oil from the oil distribution cavity behind the engine since this method is tried and true.
The GS650 Katana model is one of the only 2V GS bikes to employ an oil cooler. For that bike Suzuki made a special oil pan, with a built in thermostat, with take off fittings for attachment of the cooler lines.
Kawasaki KZ bikes also used a similar oil pan take off methodology for their bikes with oil coolers, at least some of them, but Kawasaki didn't bother with the thermostat.
The blank on the oil filter cover could be drilled and tapped for a fitting to be used by an oil cooler, but I've never studied the particular pros and cons of doing this. Most people just route all the oil from the oil distribution cavity behind the engine since this method is tried and true.
The GS650 Katana model is one of the only 2V GS bikes to employ an oil cooler. For that bike Suzuki made a special oil pan, with a built in thermostat, with take off fittings for attachment of the cooler lines.
Kawasaki KZ bikes also used a similar oil pan take off methodology for their bikes with oil coolers, at least some of them, but Kawasaki didn't bother with the thermostat.
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sharpy
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Not sure. Personally i dont use either. Never seen snow so dont really ride in cold conditions. Was just offering a suggestion. Plastic and rubber bands would be reusable, be only diff.
Oh the cooler like the lines are Earls. Costs a fortune.
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