Here's one for you all....

TT600Des · Jul 3, 2015

If you look on Google 'images', you'll see loads of T300's modified / customised, some good, some frankly 'orrible'. Many move the battery higher up just where you certainly don't need any more weight, that is; under a seat hump.

Question is Chaps & Chapess's.... what do they do with the expansion tank? It's one of lifes unexplained mysteries like "where is the air valve located on a blow up doll"?

Now I don't want any answers (no - none at all thank you) to the blow-up-doll aspect, but I would like to know about the expansion tank, and does it have to be located at a certain height relative to the radiator?

All the best, Des.

Keith Inglis · Jul 11, 2015

well no replys than,
the best I can offer is, I have seen some mods where the expansion tank has been removed and replaced with a expansion clear tube on the side of the frame and I would guess it would need to be somewhere near the top of the rad or an air lock would be creared ? but that is only a guess as I have never thought about doing it or looked in to doing it,
hope this helps.
Keith.

TT600Des · Jul 11, 2015

Ooo-er Keith. That sounds a bit risky, but I guess that as long as the tube is the same capacity as the tank - it doesn't matter. I've never really looked into doing it, but I've noticed the lack of expansion tank on a lot of custom T300 bikes, and wondered how/what they'd done it.

Similar I guess to that horrendous thing the do with rear brake res' and just a silly by the sound of it!

Thank you for your posting, never thought of that. Best wishes. Des.

TT600Des · Jul 11, 2015

Yes the key to you reply was 'keeping an eye' on the reservoir level, I wouldn't trust myself to do so. I like the feeling of hauling around far more fluid than the system actually needs. I'm 'old school' / Lazy / stupid.