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the wolfman explorer with an ims six gallon tank
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:56 am
by cristian_njimenez
I have an ims six gallon tank on my 650. I want to know weather the
wolfman explorer or explore lite will fit due to the gas cap and
breather hose. If any one has this set up your knowledge would be
highly appreciated, also will i need to purchase the mounting kit
regard
cristian pdx oregon
the wolfman explorer with an ims six gallon tank
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:45 pm
by Blake Sobiloff
On Jul 9, 2007, at 9:56 AM, cristian_njimenez wrote:
> I have an ims six gallon tank on my 650. I want to know weather the
> wolfman explorer or explore lite will fit due to the gas cap and
> breather hose.
Yep, that same setup works fine for me and I haven't even had the
chance to find a 90-degree adaptor for the gas cap's breather hose
nipple. One of these days I'll find one and install it, but it
hasn't caused any problems so far, even when doing several hours of
first and second gear dirt work in 90 degree heat.
--
Blake Sobiloff
http://sobiloff.typepad.com/blakeblog/>
San Jose, CA (USA)
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air scoop for my ims 6.5 (pic posted)
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:49 pm
by Gary
After I installed my new IMS 6.5 gallon tank I needed a way to fill
the huge gap between the tank and the radiator,so I Jethroed up an
air scoop.I have had the air scoop idea ever since I first saw the
mod that fills the gap between the factory shroud and rad filled with
a piece of waterhose. However I never needed more cooling until
now.Yesterday I had a cooling issue with the 05 KLR on I-95 in 98
degree heat. The KLR spit the factory shroud, mounting hardware off
and the shroud was hanging there with only the bolt on top of the
tank hoding it on.It was laying against the PD Nerf bar and would not
fall off so I did not worry about it until i noticed the bike started
running hotter than usual.I put two and two together and realized
that the shroud scooped air onto the rad.The rad fan kept coming on
and going off...coming on and going off. I got tired of that so I
pulled off the interstate and did some road side repar work which
included a make shift cardboard air scoop.
When I got home from my 3000+ mile road trip, the IMS tank that I
had ordered for the trip was waiting for me.
What a pain it was to put that IMS tank on, and I did not even
mount the brackets on the front of the tank.If you ever put an IMS
tank on your bike....first thing to do is to throw the directions in
the garbage can.
Anyway...when I saw that big gap I knew I would have a cooling issue
in this heat so I Jethroed up the air scoop. Unfortunately the only
color pastic I had was Purple/Pink. Soon the sun will fade my red
body work and it will match.Until then ...or unless I find some black
plastic the purple/pink will have to do. It works like a charm though.
Regards,Gary