I'm making a bit of a project out of my RC51... hacking it up, gutting it out, etc. etc. Among the plans is to put a SV1000 front mount radiator on the bike. I've come up with a mounting solution, but now I'm stuck as to where I'm gonna find proper radiator hoses. The right side is easy enough to deal with, but the left side requires two 90 degree bends to make it route right. I was thinking of using some elbow piping and short hoses to route it, but I dunno where to find good enough piping for this application and where I can find properly sized radiator hoses that have slight bends n' such.

 

mock up your final hose shape using PVC pipe and go to a local auto parts place, and see if they'll let you just go look at all of the hoses they have in stock to see if anything matches up close enough.

Or you could get a kit kinda like this: JEGS Universal Silicone Engine Coolant Plumbing Kit - JEGS

 

are you fightering your RC?!

 

Why yes... yes I am. Well, it's more of a "half-faired" conversion as I want to retain the intake snorkel and some of that RC51 identity. Got an SV1000 radiator, Renthal Bars, trimming the front upper and turning my lower side fairings into a low-profile belly pan.

This is gonna be "stage 1" where I'm just getting the basic draft done to get some riding time in before the winter to work out any kinks. Over the winter I'm gonna be spending a bit of dough to powdercoat a few pieces like the swingarm, crankcase cover and maybe the frame and finishing it up for the spring.

 

brilliant. there are some beautiful rc fighters, i can't wait to see where you go with this. keep us updated!