Bandit 1200 Front Master Oil Cooler Hose Installation and Tire Change

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Front master oil cooler hose installation and tire change, among other requests.

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The caliper is Brembo, so the customer wants to change the master to Brembo as well.

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Brembo to Brembo—it seems like they won’t be satisfied without actually fitting various parts to see how they look.

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We fabricated the left and right brackets. Nothing fancy about them.

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We used H2 mini tanks on both sides.

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It installed simply and cleanly.

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When the clutch is squeezed, it contacts the PASS, so we’ll need to grind it away.

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Ball mill cutting away smoothly

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Perfect now. There are ribs on the underside too, so it won’t break from a strength standpoint.

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Touch pen finish looks natural.

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The oil cooler piping is tricky. In the end, we have to work out the layout with actual-size rubber hose. Full-scale analog is the safest approach.

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If there were no hose constraints, we could mount the oil cooler higher.
We fabricated a bracket like this in stainless steel.

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Using joint connectors, we squeeze it into the tight space. When changing the oil cooler, always secure the lower side.

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We didn’t have the actual fittings on hand, so we checked the length on another bike and bent samples with 45-degree and 60-degree benders to confirm. Glad we did—if we’d just guessed, we’d have gotten the order wrong.
This is on hold for now.

 

 

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