Advice needed for relocating rectifier/ crankcase breather mod

[Fruity]

hi fellas,

i live in malaysia and it gets really hot here and on top of that my bike is an 04 monster s4r which gets really hot when stuck in traffic. yep, you guessed right, i pretty much ride around with almost cooked family jewels when i do ride into town. so i have done some search on the forum and net about how to relocate the rectifier and come up with 2 questions.

i) seems like the most common place one would relocate is underneath the seat where the suspension link is. unfortunately my bike has high exhaust and one of the connector pipes run thru there. would it be suitable?
ii) that spot is right above the tire and very exposed to the rain and muck. would that be a problem?
iii) i have also heard of using aluminium as heat sink. how big a piece and thickness would be suitable?

thanks very much for all the help.

cheers.

ken

[ozs4]

Have you checked this out?

http://www.tpoparts.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=61_70&products_id=53

[CairnsDuc]

I used the TPO parts mount on my S2R, and I live in tropical northern Australia, Lots of Rain, heat and Humidity
It used to get wet all the time and never had a problem.
The Regulators are normally sealed up pretty tight.

[Fruity]

thanks to the guys from auz. ya, i've heard of and seen the TPO bracket. thanks for the info. can one of you guys post a picture here i wonder? appreciate it. cheers.

[Howie]

thanks to the guys from auz. ya, i've heard of and seen the TPO bracket. thanks for the info. can one of you guys post a picture here i wonder? appreciate it. cheers.

http://www.tpoparts.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=61_70&products_id=53

[Fruity]

thanks howie, was wondering if you have done it yourself. i can't justify buying from TPO and paying a huge amount for shipping to malaysia. i've seen some self mods and would like to try a DIY. just wondering what kind of thickness on the Al plate to use.

cheers.

ken

[He Man]

anything thick enough so that it wont bend or defelct onto itself is fine.

for aluminum id go for 1/8th inch. it can take a nice hit by a rock and not dent. plus aluminum is a pretty decent heatsink. throw some CPU gel in there and u got ur self a nice fat make the beast with two backsing piece of heat sink.

this is pretty much how mine looks like. just straighten it up, and drill that other hole.

[DarkStaR]

TPO Kit:

[Howie]

thanks howie, was wondering if you have done it yourself. i can't justify buying from TPO and paying a huge amount for shipping to malaysia. i've seen some self mods and would like to try a DIY. just wondering what kind of thickness on the Al plate to use.

cheers.

ken

I have an older Monster, so mine is up front in the air stream from the factory.  Have fun fabbing.  Like He Man said, you can't go wrong with 1/8" thick.

[Two dogs]

Ghetto fix no expense spared

[suzyj]

TPO Kit:

Pretty!

[Bones]

all i did was just flip the rectifier so that it sat underneath the fender. had to drill a couple of holes through the plastic, but that was it. I painted it black so it could blend in tot he fender. if you have your rear tire hugger, you shouldn't have any issues with rocks and stuff flying up on it.

[He Man]

generally S*Rs dont have rear fenders. dont know why, cause that shock gets dirty as balls cause of that.

[Fruity]

wow, now we're cooking. thanks guys. much appreciated for all those pictures. now i can go do some mods.

[Fruity]

now that i have looked closer it seems that most of you have got your oil breather reservoir (the big black thing which the rectifier sits on in the original position) out. now this is going to veer off the original discussion. is that advisable??? cause that really hinders with modding the location of the rectifier. i'm sure it's there for a reason i'll have to work around it.