Radiator cover and belly pan wanted

[Cideredup]

Hi all

Does anybody have or where do i go for a V raptor belly pan and radiator cover please?
Thanks
Gareth

[Spyke]

I've only seen them both at TrendItaly -
plastic http://www.trenditaly.com/cagiva-cagiva ... 8_299.html or
carbon http://www.trenditaly.com/cagiva-cagiva ... 3_287.html.

[weirdo]

Hello mate, there are no dedicated V-Raptor bellypans, any for a TL1000 based bike (TL, SV, V-strom etc.) will fit.
This http://www.raptorchapter.org.uk/viewtop ... ator+cover might help with the rad cover.

[Spyke]

Ah, I hadn't realised it was a rad guard you were after - I thought the stainless steel ones were a bit too bling, bling for my liking, I got a mesh one from FAB products on eBay - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CAGIVA-RAPTOR ... 3370d6fdfb, it came with some extra mesh so I bought some "pinch pleat" from a local auto restoration shop (Oz - Rare Parts) and made up the oil cooler guard myself, and pretty spiffy they look now:

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[dizzyblonde]

Ah, I hadn't realised it was a rad guard you were after - I thought the stainless steel ones were a bit too bling, bling for my liking, I got a mesh one from FAB products on eBay - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CAGIVA-RAPTOR ... 3370d6fdfb, it came with some extra mesh so I bought some "pinch pleat" from a local auto restoration shop (Oz - Rare Parts) and made up the oil cooler guard myself, and pretty spiffy they look now:

FAB guards.jpg

I actually really like that

Much better than the really shiny Beowulf ones. They are a bit blingy for even the likes of me who likes everything super shiny!!

Hmmmmmm, must add that to the list of wants for Xmas

Are they easy fitment, don't have to take off the radiator to fit do you? Mine might have a hissy fit and leak if I did that!

[Spyke]

Yup, easy to fit, has a couple of little hooks that go over the top of the rad, and comes with a wee mounting bracket thingo that attaches to the rad support bracket on the bottom, kerbside, of the rad - I think I maybe removed a washer/spacer thing to take account of the extra depth of stuff being secured to that hole, and it's a (very minor) fiddle to get the things to line up again, but no liquid was spilled nor tears shed during installation

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Oil cooler guard was a nice wee project that gave me a fair amount of satisfaction, if you go down this path then let me know and I'll write up how I did mine.

[shebee]

Looks great, if you are planning to do this be careful taking of rubber mounts from the the rad, some of them are to stop it cracking... An original raptor problem

[Spyke]

No mounts removed, just metal washer, IIRC.

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[Crap Tartan]

seem a bellypan on ebay this morning for the raptor............................

[shedmonkey]

Hi Spyke can you post details of oil cooler cover as mine looks like poop and can you describe what pinch pleat is for us non aussies?

[snapdragon]

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can you describe what pinch pleat is for us non aussies?

sommat to do with curtains innit

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rufflette-In- ... 27d0c8981e

[Spyke]

LOL, that's what I thought originally, but the "pinching" seems to come from the fact that it has a metal spine so you do actually pinch it into place to secure it!

Anyway we've strayed slightly off the original topic, so I posted instructions over here - http://www.raptorchapter.org.uk/viewtop ... =11&t=4043.