Coolant overflow bottle, why does everyone use ugle metal drink bottles?

[Tim]

I see alot of people use the ugly water/camping fuel bottles as overflow bottles and it got me wondering why?

When you can do what the motard guys call "the turkey baster mod" similar too
1838 (http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg580/scaled.php?server=580&filename=puketank.jpg&res=landing)


do they not store enough coolant? people too lazy? or what

cheers Tim

[nemo]

the bottles look neat when done propa.
also yers looks like a penis pump..



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err.. not.. that.. i... er

[kev@vcm]

i would love to do a hand carved leather outer cover , anyone interested ? im happy to try something diffrent

[bluedrags]

i would love to do a hand carved leather outer cover , anyone interested ? im happy to try something diffrent
I would be what price you looking at?.
I am finally going to get those headers of Luke in a week or so and I'll drop the shock of I promised you awhile ago if you still want it, sorry about that just got snowed under and forgot.

[Redmohawk]

also yers looks like a penis pump

If that little thing is suitable as a penis pump you prob do need to find one lol

[nemo]

Dont need it any more mate, your welcome to it. ;)

[Tim]

That was only a 2 min google search for an image. i mean why have it on show( or atleast stand out so dam much) when its possible to hide it a little more. another idea(custom made so can be made to hold more fluid)1839

[kev@vcm]

I would be what price you looking at?.
I am finally going to get those headers of Luke in a week or so and I'll drop the shock of I promised you awhile ago if you still want it, sorry about that just got snowed under and forgot.

excellent thanks ok depending on what you wanted done im sure somewhere between $40 - $50 bring your bottle up and we can discuss styles and ideas

[K6Thou]

I'm figuring I'll use a hip flask on my k6 for something a little different......

[stiffsimon]

Water cooled ............pah

[ozzy1100]

/\/\/\ what he said /\/\/\

[RevHead]

i made my own from stainless steel ,it depends on the look your going for ,yup its easy to buy any kind of container.

[xa-mont]

i have a water bottle because it cost me $4 and looked a shit load better than the big flat plastic one i had

[kev@vcm]

come on guys whos going to be the first ASF member to have a custom leather carved over flow bottle ? yes its a race you never know you just might really like it

[nemo]

Water cooled ............pahwhy have a water bottle when you can strap a deep fryer to your bike..

[hooligan]

Those pics are both of dirtbikes or motards. My ktm doesn't have an overflow bottle, it just drains on the road if it needs it.
I've read that some guys put an overflow bottle on motards because they run hot, escpecially on the road with stop start traffic, the overflow means you can run more coolant. I can't imagine those tiny overflow bottles being any use on my vfr, it needs to be able to hold more coolant.

[Tim]

how big do you think though hooligan?

you have kinda missed my point,its more why make so ugly and a stand out "feature" but anyway.

[EVLZX]

Cos it's a streetfighter?

[wackyrider]

I actually made my own out of stainless pipe. Then machined up the 2 ends and welded them in with a sintered cap on one end.

[BANDITROD]

this is what i use on water cooled bikes... nice and simple to fit and they look good and only cost about $70 from memory
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[Mishdog20]

Can you cook Hotdogs in that thermos Rod....lol

[BANDITROD]

lol dickhead

[JackTar]

Can you cook Hotdogs in that thermos Rod....lol

You know he's still thinking about hotdogs don't you.

[hooligan]

how big do you think though hooligan?

you have kinda missed my point,its more why make so ugly and a stand out "feature" but anyway.
No I haven't. You put up pics of dirtbikes with tiny little overflows that would do fuck all on a water cooled road bike, but would look great. The standard overflow bottles on faired roadbikes are ugly because they are hidden, it's function over form, the body work takes care of the form.
When you fighter them, you need to find something that looks better than stock, but still works the same. Nothing worse than having a great looking fighter broken down on the side of the road because your snazzy looking but uselessly small overflow has meant that you can't run enough coolant.
And it needs to be big enogh to fit 2 hotdogs.

[BANDITROD]

cunts

[Tim]

No I haven't.


arh fuck it

my photos were only of examples(and pretty sure i said under one of the photos that you could custom make it to what ever size required.

My point is why make it so dam ugly and stand out( in a "after thought" kinda way)..

I could put up with that Banditrod..

[EVLZX]

It's really down to an individuals perception though isn't it?
One man's shit may well be another man's gold..

[Rocket]

I got different shaped coolant tanks from the wreckers, extended the hoses and mounted them under the fuel tank, in between the frame rails.
They can't be seen at all.

[Tony Nitrous]

I have the ugly crappy stock tank.

# Rarely finish anything I start,

#Not really that interested in looks,

#limited fund are better suited to tyres and fuel,
(chasing sportsbikes around the dam's the "look"
of my header tank isnt real high on my prioritys)

Might do it one day if I find a cheap, easy, lazy-man's option.

EDIT (maybe as Rocket suggested)

[ALBI]

this is what i used on my tls ,a $70 alloy job from super cheap.
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[LKC73]

Tim, alot of the older bikes that are water cooled have very little space to hide once they become fighters.
To hold any amount of coolant for expanstion under heat it would need about 500ml o 750ml of coolant.
The "drink bottle" is one of the fastest way to get that amount of coolant attached to your bike.
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll290/DRA93N/95a43.jpg
This is one I had on for a while, but found it was to small (250ml) and went to another type that held 450ml and was a catch can for small car. It comes down to finding a place to put it aswell.

[TillerRider]

yeah bro show us pic's of ya bikes tank now ;-)

[Tomac]

That was only a 2 min google search for an image. i mean why have it on show( or atleast stand out so dam much) when its possible to hide it a little more. another idea(custom made so can be made to hold more fluid)1839
(WTF) Isn't that bottle blocking some of the air flow or am I just being a fussy cunt?

[RevHead]

(WTF) Isn't that bottle blocking some of the air flow or am I just being a fussy cunt?

what air flow so long as air can get around the motor and the bottle no problem ,
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[BANDITROD]

he is talking about the dirt bike pete

[Tomac]

^^^Yeah the dirt bike, Iv cooked my WR plenty of times on a muddy hill climb