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Put my Polished Standard Mount M4 slipon on ... this resulted in me having the unmistakable sh1t-eating grin where ever I ride now.
 
Still need to do the finishing work, so it looks kind of rough. It's a very simple design. OK, lets try this:

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I'm not an electrical engineer, and no very little about regulaters/rectifiers, but I think you might be starving yours for cooling air with it in that location. Maybe cut a hole and mount it with the cooling fins sticking down?
 
I'm not an electrical engineer, and no very little about regulaters/rectifiers, but I think you might be starving yours for cooling air with it in that location. Maybe cut a hole and mount it with the cooling fins sticking down?
That's a thought. I think down is usually bad when it comes to heatsinks, but maybe I could put a 2-3" fan on it to keep the air moving.
 
I was thinking of getting the fins under your sheet metal, so they would be in the air above your rear tire, but in looking at your picture cutting a hole and reverse mounting it would be difficult. Probably easier just to bolt it underneath.

Like I said, I don't know how much heat they produce or at what point they fail, but I did have one fail on me once, and it's definitely something to avoid. Maybe some of our more experienced/smarter than me (just about everyone) members can chime in.

You might actually want to post that picture in the modifications page and ask opinions.
 
Got the four necessary signatures to bring my bike on base, but the Capt that needs to give me a base access card wasn't in this afternoon, so it will have to wait till next week. Maybe I'll pull it out of storage for a short ride tomorrow.
 
I was thinking of getting the fins under your sheet metal, so they would be in the air above your rear tire, but in looking at your picture cutting a hole and reverse mounting it would be difficult. Probably easier just to bolt it underneath.

Like I said, I don't know how much heat they produce or at what point they fail, but I did have one fail on me once, and it's definitely something to avoid. Maybe some of our more experienced/smarter than me (just about everyone) members can chime in.

You might actually want to post that picture in the modifications page and ask opinions.
Actually, if you can get a solid contact of that heat sink to that plate, the plate might transfer some of the heat just with air moving across the underside of the plate. otherwise, it wouldn't be too difficult to run a small duct back there- wouldn't take much. An inch in diameter probably.
 
Ive fitted a 70 profile front tyre today, am getting a new rear fitted in th! morning, ive gone for dunlop qaulifiers ! i have lowered the front end by 15mm to conpensate for the bigger front, it looks mint, a lot more supstantial !
Cant wait to try it tomorrow afternoon !
Will up date you on the result 1
 
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