Stainless Steel Oil Cooler lines

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I am trying to replace all the rubber on my bike. My oil cooler lines are fine; just old. Does anyone know where I can get stainless steel ones?

Thanks, Myke
 
Myke , Your oil cooler lines are under fairly low pressure and I can see no benefit from running braided lines, They will add weight and will damage fibreglass mudguards and alloy parts if they come into contact with them. Mind you, they shouldn't actually come into contact with anything in the first place which is why you don't need stainless braided lines ! Bear in mind with stainless lines you can't detect any signs of ageing in the rubber....
Get some of the proper OE rubber hose [Slaters sell the correct stuff]and have them made up with the correct swaged connecters for your bike. A much nicer solution... :D
 
Myke,
I took my oil-cooler hoses apart, got the metal bits re-plated, and sourced new hydraulic hoses from a local Hydraulic supplies outlet.
I must admit I had to experiment with some slightly different hoses of similar spec before I got it all to go together properly - so getting the right stuff from Slaters would be an easy option.

All the metal fittings screw apart quite easily so is not a problem.

I will supply photo's if you like.

SimonR
 
I bought some braided steel lines from Motalia a few years ago...some don't like the coloured anodised fittings (red/blue) but I am happy to report that the bike is far faster with them :D
Nick7
 
Nick , as you know, red 'uns are faster than blue 'uns, but only if you reconnect your accelerator pumps.
 
No mortgage then Nick at ?168.23 plus 20%vat and delivery thats a lot to pay for for some bling! :D

Shaun
 
Well not quite what I was thinking I would hear. I figured for sure this was a standard fix and someone made them. I had already communicated with Wolfgang. He did mention repairing my stock hoses. Many years ago, when I had my first Laverda, I had lines made for me by Russell,(sp?). Aren't stainless lines required for racing? (not that I am planning on racing)
 
I went to Earls. They have everything you need and for not very much money. They also do fittings in plain, black or the flash stuff.

Cheers
Chris
 
I had mine reconditioned by Wolfgang - Who did a great job, keeps the original look but with new hose and replated fittings.
 
If memory serves me, the Motalia ones are in fact Earls...they were a bit cheaper than that 8 years ago..hey, time for some new ones!
Bob,you promised to try with/without pumps...any difference?
I dont need extra go now I have new RGS head (sitting on Slaters show engine for 25 years) with re-cut seats , new cam blocks, drilled polished cams, now timed by keith, RED/Sachse ignition(fitted so it wont drop off :D), RGS pistons and the barrels too , it goes on....BUT Keith is not well, so I may have to wait a little longer..
Nick7
 
Keith is fine, I hear he's just busy booking his retirement in the Bahama's after recently doing up a bike for rich lawyer....
 
Hag,
Well ain't splashed the cash yet :D and he ain't fine..he's under the knife...I've been kind enough to hound him by mobile to the  op theatre and e-mail a bunch of grapes, seriously!
Nick7
 
I have diagnosed an excess of haggis consumption  on Burns night upsetting an apparently superflous internal organ irremediably..so it has to be hacked out wiv knives and the like, preferably with the benefit of anaesthetics on hand..but I should admit the possibilty, though remote, that I may be wrong(unlike Bob, who is never wrong :D)
Dr Nick7
 
nick7 said:
Bob,you promised to try with/without pumps...any difference?
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Funny you should say that Nick! I've had the opportunity to do a fair amount of testing on two virtually identical 500s last year at a couple of different tracks, one of the bikes had the pumpers disconnected and the other had the standard pumper set up. You probably won't want to hear this but the bike with the pumpers connected had superior carburation when cracking the throttle open out of slower corners.
I wasn't even aware that the other bike had its pumps disconnected until the subject came up in a technical debrief when I mentioned a slight hesitation when accelerating out of the hairpin at the Franciacorta circuit.
I've actually considered buying some non pumper PHMs because they will be slightly less weight but I don't want to risk losing drivability.

 
Like I said, Bob, you are never wrong! For the triple road rider with 30 year old carbs, the chances of them all working properly and being adjusted equally must be zero? those are your findings; mine are the opposite. Cannot believe you would go to those lengths to save a couple of grams...you must be getting serious! The bike looks lovely..saw the article in Classic Bikes recently...hope the ignition is properly glued on now? :D
Nick7
 
Nick, you have to take a holistic approach to weight saving on a bike, it's all about an accumulation of small savings. I don't tend to look at shaving gramms , its a bit pointless when you weigh 90kg like I do, but I do try and look at saving the odd half kilo where possible. Carbs are heavy and they're place quited high up on a bike so if you can get lighter ones it's worth looking at. I've not compared the weight but I'm guessing the difference betwen a pumper carb and a non pumper will noticeable, especially X 2.

When you develop a race bike there comes a point when they just start to feel really nice and responsive, you can't put your finger on why they feel like this, it's just the result of careful attention to detail.
I was being diplomatic in the Classic Bike article... The ignition failure was primarily due to an incorrectly machined component and the real reason why it fell off will be revealed in the next thrill packed edition!
 
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