My catch tank

**Pornstar** · 3rd December 2009, 14:56

check out my overflow tank on my 450 r, i just zip tyed it to radiator, so in tight stuff, if it boils it dosent bleed all over the ground,once you start movin again it sucks it back home. cut the pipe on a 45 angle so it dosnt suck to the bottom once cooler. you can get flash after market ones, but this is just a baby bottle with the travel cap on and a hole in it for the hose. Budget riding everybody. Also my bashplate is a carbon fibre kayak paddle i found and shaped to fit. ha

**fergie** · 3rd December 2009, 15:22

Sounds like a good idea.any pics?

**Pornstar** · 3rd December 2009, 15:27

not the best shot, all i got at the mo.

**evoetr** · 3rd December 2009, 15:54

Originally Posted by Pornstar

not the best shot, all i got at the mo.

Man looks like a nasty dent in your head pipe ? Can't be good for it ? Push it out if you can get something down it.

Oh and not bad on the catch tank

**Bradz** · 3rd December 2009, 15:55

Looks like it will do the trick... good presence of mind using a baby bottle, at least the plastic will have a chance of keeping its shape..

**scott411** · 3rd December 2009, 16:02

we do trick little alloy ones, same theory,

http://www.mrmotorcycles.co.nz/produ...oducts_id=1458

**secondfield** · 3rd December 2009, 17:39

Top idea Guy's - how are they attached to the core Scott?

**xen** · 3rd December 2009, 18:23

Good stuff, never got around to making one, mine doesn't seem to lose much coolant when boiling

Originally Posted by Bradz

Looks like it will do the trick... good presence of mind using a baby bottle, at least the plastic will have a chance of keeping its shape..

hahaha jt can tell you what happens when you use a normal bottle

**barty5** · 3rd December 2009, 18:25

Originally Posted by secondfield

Top idea Guy's - how are they attached to the core Scott?

cable ties

**secondfield** · 3rd December 2009, 19:16

Eh? those aluminum ones? hmmmm spose there would be little if no flex on them. Good shit.

**scott411** · 3rd December 2009, 19:34

you can cable tie them but they come with bolts that go though the fins, and cushions to protect the fins as well,

**secondfield** · 3rd December 2009, 19:46

Right, I thought they looked a bit like bolts there, dunno about that. The core is a wee bit flimsy for bolts maybe? the idea (of bolts) going through there somehow doesn't sit right with me. Maybe cable ties in some sort of clever arrangement would be the go with some thermal insulation tape between the bottle and the radiator core. If she boils in the snot the boiling coolant wont be stored hard up against the radiator possibly causing thermal buildup pushing heat back into the core?? dunno just a thought.

**Ride it till the red** · 3rd December 2009, 20:46

Originally Posted by secondfield

Right, I thought they looked a bit like bolts there, dunno about that. The core is a wee bit flimsy for bolts maybe? the idea (of bolts) going through there somehow doesn't sit right with me. Maybe cable ties in some sort of clever arrangement would be the go with some thermal insulation tape between the bottle and the radiator core. If she boils in the snot the boiling coolant wont be stored hard up against the radiator possibly causing thermal buildup pushing heat back into the core?? dunno just a thought.

The way you seem to boil em nothing will help ya! I think electric is the way for you