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I did the RC51 oil cooler on mine and am quite pleased. It doesn't do anything for stop and go in town traffic, but once you get moving in clean air, temps drop much faster. Fantastic mod for the price and simplicity. I have to tear my front end down this winter for some other projects and will probably build a different bracket to move the cooler back to center.

I'm in Windsor if you need any more help.

Corsa-Technic now has them in stock. I expect to be ordering soon and building a new harness without all the solder connections. http://www.corsa-technic.com/category.php?category_id=94

I never got my hands on a set of 6gen rearsets etc in order to see just how hard it would have really been. From the photos I studied, it didn't look easy. Lots of pros and cons either way. Riding with some 6gen friends today and will have to look at that harder.

Like I said in another similar thread; it's not that the problem "can't be" or "isn't" something else. But working on planes and industrial machinery has pounded into me that you start with basics. Doesn't matter how monotonous it is, you don't skip ahead until you've eliminated the easy and basic stuff first. Good luck. I'll be interested to hear what you find and how it works out in the end.

Thanks. I don't think it is the carbs out of balance, as it idles pretty well. I'm familiar with the sounds of a bike running out of gas, but it is not that type of rattle/knock, much quieter, and is heard only over the sound of the engine when idling. Guess it only does it when hot. I have a stethescope and next time I get back from a ride I'll try and find the noise. Started the bike today and used the scope. Engine noise was normal, no rattles. idles well but has a knock - fix was carb sync

my money says it's most likely as simple as your engine not running balanced. 3rd gen will knock and sound like a rattle bucket of bolts if the carbs are not sync'd just right or if things get unbalanced in the idle circuit of the carbs. for example, if the bike is sitting there idling and is starting to run out of gas (fuel in the float bowls start to get low and uneven from carb to carb) the thing will start to knock like there's a rod going out. Try a carb sync before getting to concerned or elbows deep in wrenches.

I do not believe so. I don't have technical data but would love to compare some actual temp readings with an OEM setup. I do have my leg sitting right there and do not notice heat. It's my opinion that the right side plate on the 5th gen is more about aesthetics than function. When you look at how the OEM brake lines are routed right next to the engine and down along the exhaust, there's ample heat saturation happening anyway. I haven't boiled the fluid out of it yet or baked the paint off the master cylinder :) Thanks for asking your question and if I get an opportunity to get some measurable data, I will be sure to post.

Blew me away too. It was the one biggest things I hadn't anticipated in this project. I didn't expect the brakes to become what they did either but I did know I was going to have some sort of issues there. I could not find anywhere in the rear to stuff that brick of an ECU. I started a thread here looking for the ECU connector sockets and tried a half a dozen other places I could think of. No one could find the correct pins. That is until a day or two AFTER I butchered the old one ( http://www.corsa-technic.com/ ) So I had to completely unwrap the harness, take all the ECU wires and fold them over toward the front, then trim and extend wires as needed to reach that location. Was NOT how I would choose to do things but could find no other option at the time. Maybe this winter I'll take that spare harness I have now and some new pins and build one without solder connections.

thanks. as for your cooling comment - I would take the old radiators up to a local radiator shop and have one custom heat exchanger built to suit the project. Probably see if they had the skills to curve the core.

pics for anyone unable or uninterested in YouTube

When I originally set out, I thought I could make this a quasi-bolt on mod and fabricate extra mounts for sale. I finally gave up and just made it work for myself. The real shocker came when I discovered the ECU would not fit in the rear and the whole wiring harness had to be customized. The rear brake master and exposed header pipes are my favorite part of the whole build. I think it could be a cool cosmetic mod to any 5th gen.

I had tried them that way as well and liked the look. I had a concern with the LEDs being on the bottom of the mirror in that orientation and possibly less visible while daytime riding.

Thanks - glad you guys liked it. I'd have to do some digging to figure out exactly which vendor I bought those mirrors from. They were cheap $40 ebay specials.