Coolant overflow
 

Help me build my coolant overflow... Pretty simple.

I'm going for a raw, bare metal, sorta looks broken, and "WTF is that thing?" streetfighter... looking for cheap/free options to build a cool coolant overflow container...

I've seen pints of Jack Daniels, beer cans/bottles, old water bottles, etc, etc... all of those are cool, but I'm looking for something different... preferably not shiney - raw metal... transparent is coolio too.

Any ideas? Anyone got anything laying around that beckens the call?

I say hit up a flea market and look around for something that is the right size and catches your eye. Nothing is wrong for that job.

Small fire extinguisher

It would be a pain in the ass and somewhat delicate (probably similar to the Jack bottle), but you could make it out of some laboratory glassware like a beaker or graduated cylinder.

Yeah, I'm looking at stuff everywhere I can... maybe a trip to the flea market is in order...

I really like that idea... it would have to be DAMN small though... I'm lookin' in the 10oz range...

Yeah, I've seen stuff like that before... cool as well... I was also thinking of finding a giant syringe... old school antique glass ones with metal ends... pretty cool, but fucking retarded money on eBay.

Oh, forgot to mention, I'd like to keep it under $5.

Mason Jar

Seafoam can

go big - beer ball. :lol:

Ricky Carmicheal Rockstar edition RMZ so naturally I had to use a rockstar catch :lol:

http://www.troybaker.com/dirt/rmz04.jpg

Next time I plan to use a SMALLER one

Maybe one of the shots? Or two of them together? Think 2.5oz would be too small?

http://revimgs.bevnet.com/media/rock.../wildberry.jpg

Ooo... I have a stainless Jack Daniels flask that has leaky threads anyway...

Still up for other ideas though, but this one looks like a winner...

I like that idea

I still like the alum Bud Light or NO2 bottle... A baby bottle would be "unique" or.... I looked for a boob mug in plastic but only found ceramic...

I was gonna say flask with a "window"

Go Glass and stick an empty 40 of Olde English on there!

Seen these on several track bikes.

The one in the middle works surprisingly well.

JC

seal up a small bong

See if Vandriver on TLP can whip ya up something with Billet. He's doing a ton of other things over there with billet.

His shit is nice, but top dollar. I'm looking for $5 and under.

10-4 to that one.

What if you just got a whatever sized stainless steel threaded nipple, put a cap on one end, and put a cap on the other end with a hole in it for overflow. Or you could tap it and put on a barbed fitting???

Threaded nipples go by diameter and length. If you interested I may have some at our office but not sure on what diameters or lengths we have.

You could strap some lead ingots to it too.

That bike is way too light...

JC

Crazy thought but doesn't the TLR have a semi trellis style frame? Could you use lexan and high temp silicone to seal one of the openings and run a tube into it?:idk:

TLR and light do not belong in the same sentence. I'm curious as to how much weight he will shed off of it by street fightering it out.

That's an interesting idea... I'm still gonna try this first:
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2.../IMG_35241.jpg

I guess it was a Jim Beam flask, not a Jack Daniels. That's probably why it leaks. :lol:

No, the TLS is the one with the trellis frame... However, your idea is VERY cool.

Yeah, I am too. I am going to make my own tail lights and signals out of an acrylic bar I bought off eBay... and I'm going overkill by using 0.050" AL sheet to make the undertail tray... four fog lights give it a couple of lbs too... however, I have a bunch of 0.100" carbon fiber sheets that I am going to use for brackets and whatnot... I should be keeping the weight down to a minimum.

I know all the shit I just sold off the thing - plastics and whatnot - were almost 40lbs (by my best guess) and I should be able to drop another couple by removing the pair valve and hacking off half of the subframe (and along with that the passenger shit and those ridiculous heat sheilds)...

Eventually I'm going to try to find a retarded deal on some wheels - in the least, some old Aprilia RSV Mille's - non radial - that will fit up with minimal effort and shave off another 5-7lbs or so. I'm always on the lookout for ti exhaust too... though that's pipe dream shit... my budget is going to be next to nothing... I just wish I could find some of those deals like I've seen on TL Planet... you see that guy who bought a wrecked bike with Ohlins rear suspension, Marchesini or something similar wheels, full exhaust, and a number of other bits? Yeah, he got it for like $1k. THAT's the sort of deal I'm looking for.

Those billet brackets for the exhaust hangers looked nice, you could get that huge chuck of aluminum holding up the cans off.

I have never seen the full Ti exhaust for sale on ebay, TLP or TLZ. I've seen G-Rex's in person and it looks badass how the headers have blued up.


I'm always on the look out for some killer deals on wheels, but I'm having no luck finding anything remote to a good one.


When I put the full Yosh, there was a big difference in weight of the can's. The header's and piping not so much.

I think I'm the only one that doesn't like Vandriver's exhaust brackets... There was a picture of some in one of those threads that were way better and came off the passenger peg mounts. I'm probably going to try to hack something together with all this CF sheet and other materials I have around here...

Since I have Yosh cans, I'd only be interested in Ti exhaust... weight savings...

If you want a killer deal on wheels...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/April...Q5fAccessories
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/April...Q5fAccessories

A couple of 2.5mm spacers for the front and different bearings in the rear to accommodate the TL axle... you're set. These are the same wheels sparky is selling on TLPlanet.

If I had a extra $400 laying around, I'd probably jump on those.

Should save you about 3lbs per wheel...