Has anyone done a dry sump system on their RR before? Does anyone know who makes dry sump systems for motorcycles? I havn't found much on the internet about aftermarket dry sump systems so i'll prolly fab up my own, but i don't have much experience at all when it comes to bulding dry sump systems.

Haha, i don't even know which types of pumps i would need. Anyone done it before??

 

I don't even know what that means...doesn't really warrant me replying, but I wanna hit 1000 posts, so there ya go.

 

 

Dry sump replaces your current 'wet sump' oiling system on your engine. Right now you have an oil pan, and thats your resovoir of oil. In a dry sump system, you replace your oil pan with a pan thats very shallow. Almost literally flat and only 1 inchthick. A pan with no reasonable capacity of oil. This reduces splashing and resistance on the crankshaft. A pump is placed on this very shallow pan, into a seperate resovoir of oil. An additional pump is placed from this resovoir back into your engine.

Pro's:

- Oil starvation is non-existant. Even with less than ideal oil quality.
- You can pull more G's without risking oil starvation.
- By having an extreemly small oilpan, you can drop your engine a few inches, Lowering your Center of Gravity by up to 2.5 inches.
- Can get a few more ponies by reduced splashing of the crankshaft.
- Oil resovoir and pumps may be located such that your Polar Moment of Inertia is reduced, allowing your bike to become more "flickable" or agile.

Con's:
- Potential cost.
- Can potentially weigh a few lbs more than stock wet sump setup.
- Space can sometimes be an issue.

 

Wow, I can't say I ever have heard of that. Sounds like a lot of work, but unfortunately I am about as useful as shoortbuss on this one. You were very informative though. I would try to search our threads, but I can't say i've seen anyone do it on here. If you do end up doing it, take pics and let us now whether the gains are worth the hard work!


Edit: I did a quick search for you and found one previous thread that goes into a little more detail on why or why you may not want to do it to your bike. There was a previous thread where someone asked how to do it to their F4i I believe, but didn't receive any responses. Hopefully this helps.

https://cbrforum.com/m_219161/tm.htm

 

thx broskie