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Old 08-09-09, 02:33 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by drag View Post
one of the chaps here who set up my suspention was discussion it with me, he said back when the 99's came out and they were starting to race them they came up with the idea of moving the rad lower, so you could build an air box comming in from the front fairings through the nose cone essentially.
Hardly a new idea, most likely copied from the VFR/RVF 400's. The idea being to separate the warm air from the engine and rad from the cold air to feed the carbs.

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