mamono

I have Convertibars on my 2004 and there wasn't a place to put a handlebar mount so I went with a RAM ball that bolts to the top of the clutch fluid reservoir. It comes with longer bolts and spacers and taking off the reservoir cover isn't any more complicated than without the mount. On top of that is a RAM 4" arm, though it's actually about 3.5" center to center on the two balls. Then there's a RAM clip-in GPS mount that's specific to my nuvi 500.

It works really well once you get it adjusted properly. It clears the windscreen on a complete sweep, puts the GPS up fairly high but still protected by the windscreen, is out of the line of sight of the instruments and is just above my left hand. I power the GPS from an unswitched Powerlet in the stem.

The motorcycle reservoir cover ram ball mount base is a great idea. I've been looking for something like this so that I could mount the GPS and still run steering stem mounted steering damper. Thanks for the suggestion!

http://www.amazon.com/Mounts-Multi-Fit-Reservoir-KAWASAKI-SUZUKI/dp/B003CMNXIO/ref=sr_1_1?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1375575727&sr=1-1&keywords=RAM-B-346U

I know I'm resurrecting a thread from the dead, summer is here and I want to see some activity on better cooling.

The Honda VTR1000F / Superhawk / Firestorm was available from 1998-2005, seems the fan is the same across all the years according to the part numbers.

Was there any progress to adding any other additional cooling such as a fan to the RHD radiator? I know that it has been talked about using an RC51 5 row oil cooler and one member did that mod on his 5th gen. I haven't seen it done on a 6th gen, or at least it hasn't been mentioned.

I remember one VFR owner using aluminum extruded cooling finned tubes to connect his radiators for added cooling since he had to down size his RHD radiator to fit the supercharger.

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/907143887/Aluminum_extruded_parts_with_cooling_fin.html

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/907130128/Aluminum_extruded_cooling_fin.html

http://www.gearainey.com/opencms/opencms/grc/en/Air_Cooled_Heat_Exchangers/Finned_Tubes.html

http://www.thurn-mot...tor-rc46-1.html

I might try this from thurn before I do the swap to see if I get a change.

I am interested in giving that temp guage a try also. Summer is here and temps are going to be brutal.