Without seeing your radiator damage I can't assess how bad they are but if they're not leaking and don't overheat in the warm season and haven't been displaced enough to rub on other components you're probably fine. If you're ever at Tasky's, there's a nice example of a truly pretzeled radiator at their counter. The coolant is flows through the thin vertical parts you see on radiator pics like mine. The horizontal pieces between the vertical "cores" are paper thin aluminum interconnections bonded to the cores that don't carry coolant but are there to provide a large surface area for the cores to release heat from the coolant passing through them to the ambient air passing though the radiators. These horizontal parts are EXTREMELY easy to deform and are an easy indicator of physical radiator damage. Mine are very minor. Probably happened when I dropped the bike on a log crossing and the bike fell over right onto the "conveyor" otherwise known as the lower radiator shroud. By removing the conveyors and going to a flush mounted contraption like Thunderpaw you pretty much eliminate the possibility of radiator damage occurring like that again because the radiator braces will sustain the impact and not yield. Theoretically Hope this makes sense?
Nice Idea, One which I shall store in my head for when I can get some Braces for my 610. I too have taken some damage from the Conveyers, Thanks for the Tip.. : )
For the stock tank (attention: ioneater), can you run the flaps out a little farther and all the way up to the bottom of your tank and zip them to the tank shrouds just forward of the shroud/tank bolt to get a little more spread and scoop?
That's what my plan is looking like. I can clip them for tank removal easily and replace easily. I'll have to see if cooling is any different with less scoop effect now.
