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eire1400

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I want to replace my coolant overflow tank and move it up close to the down tube on the right (behind airbox snorkel).
I've seen a few examples and was thinking of going with a 750mm steel sports bottle. Question is anyone got any ideas for connecting the hose? Obviously I'm going to have to drill a hole at the bottom, but after that how to connect hose? Thanks in advance.

    

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92KK 84WW Olaf

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The ideal is if you have a spigot or short stub protruding from the new coolant tank that will accept the connecting hose from the radiator. You just may be able to get someone to do some welding but I would think either stainless steel or plastic may work and even better if you could use a stock item from some other manufacturer.

You will need a spigot or short length of pipe protruding from the bottom of the new 'tank' of the same dimensions as the one on your K coolant bottle. I imagine a sports bottle is too thin to be welded.......but maybe some other motorcycle coolant expansion tank?


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1984 K100RT 0022575 Brutus Baja Red 578 bought 36,000 now 89,150 miles
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Chocolate

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Should be easy, you will find that in any country in a homedepot/construction market.

Plug & Play

Cheers

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Motorbike Mike

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If the bottle is made of aluminium you could drill a hole to take a short piece of alloy tube and "solder" it in yourself with Lumi-weld. It can be done with some care and a blow lamp. Try it on some scrap first.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lumiweld-5-Rod-Kit-Low-Temp-Aluminuim-Repair-/260531563568?hash=item3ca8e42c30:g:3~oAAOxyJX1TCfx3

Here's a practical example.

    

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eire1400

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Espresso wrote:Should be easy, you will find that in any country in a homedepot/construction market.

Plug & Play

Cheers

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The very thing.  What would you call them?  What they used for?

    

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Chocolate

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# Hello eire1400, sorry I don't know the name even in German :-) I used to describe what I want.

We use it to catch rain in a barrel and I use it for my drinking bottle on long journeys with my bicycle on the top is a holle and at the bottom a kind of drinking straw.

What I googled was "tube to bottle" something like that, I'm sure you find better English words :-)

And in the end, a good German or Irish beer barrel hast the same function!

Cheers

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sidecar paul

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If you can't find one of those fittings, you could use a tyre valve without the insert.

Paul.


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92KK 84WW Olaf

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Looks like Espresso got a right dose of Kork when he lived over here for 4 years......


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1992 K100LT 0193214 Bertha Blue 101,000 miles
1984 K100RT 0022575 Brutus Baja Red 578 bought 36,000 now 89,150 miles
1997 K1100LT 0188024 Wotan Mystic Red 689 58,645 now 106,950 miles Deceased.
1983 K100RS 0011157 Fricka 606 Alaska Blue 29,495 miles Damn K Pox Its a Bat outta Hell Now 58,200 miles. 
1996 K1100LT 0233004 Lohengrin Mystic Red 38,000 miles currently 51,800 miles.
1983 K100RS 0004449 Odette R100 colours 58,000 miles. Sprint fairing now 63,390 miles

Past:
1968 Yamaha 80 YG1
1971 Yamaha 125 YAS-1
1968 Honda 125 SS
1970 Honda CD 175
1973 Honda CB500-4
Honda CX 500
    

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Chocolate

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# Yes Olaf, 
learned a lot in Ireland and I enjoyed very friendly people and girls :-)

Cheers

I was thinking of a very easy other way, to connect a tube
A screw with a hole, you could even use the parts from the braking system, if you have left.

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eire1400

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Thanks for the excellent suggestions folks. I'm thinking similar to the gold bottle in Espresso  6th post might be easiest way around it!

    

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