Can't use my SV in the wet.

[embee]

As well as the fender extenda and silicone grease, I made a small aluminium shield which fixes on the two fan bolts and effectively closes off the gap between the rad and cyliunder head, plus there's a small extension tab going up behind the rad in front of the plug.



Belt, braces and sticky tape, me!

Thanks for all the help guys and girls, seem to have sorted the prob for now, but i will find out when it rains

[Viney]

Move down south, it doesnt rain as much as up in Scottyland

HTH

Originally Posted by embee

As well as the fender extenda and silicone grease, I made a small aluminium shield which fixes on the two fan bolts and effectively closes off the gap between the rad and cyliunder head, plus there's a small extension tab going up behind the rad in front of the plug.



Belt, braces and sticky tape, me!

As an aside, does one have to be careful to avoid cutting down airflow to the cylinder though?

Welcome to the marvellous design of the SV. Copper grease my sort it.

[embee]

Originally Posted by Al_Sweetman

As an aside, does one have to be careful to avoid cutting down airflow to the cylinder though?

No, as long as you don't blank off significant areas of the rad. The pic seems to have disappeared, but the shield I made just closed the gap between the rad and cylinder head along the bottom to prevent water being splashed up behind the rad. It also has a small tab bent up to shield the plug cap itself from water going through the rad but I'm not sure whether that's essential or particularly effective. It all works though.

[SoulKiss]

Welcome to the land of Zombie Threads.

This one had been at rest for just over a year

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

Welcome to the land of Zombie Threads.

This one had been at rest for just over a year

BUt good threads never die!

Originally Posted by northwind

The same fault happens to all the SV650s. Not to Raptors though, since Cagiva redesigned the boot.

Can we not fit these to the Sv then, being the same lump'n all?

*hurries to find cagiva dealer before they all run out...

[northwind]

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

This one had been at rest for just over a year

Never happy you, if someone had started a new thread you'd say "Use the search"