keeping the oil kule

Picture this: An air cooled 1000cc motor screaming it’s heads off at 2000 RPM past its stock red line in the heat of a parched salt lake in the middle of a desert.  And how about the head in the helmet? Need to avoid heat stroke in any of these three heads!

I’m using a Moteren Israel sump extension with a screw on oil filter. This is a very handy gadget as it has ports to add an external oil cooler. The sump extension is vital, not necessarily to increase oil quantity but to increase the sump volume to aid crank case breathing. The stock breather will also be enlarged.

Scored a hand-me-down oil cooler from the triumph salt racer that my shed mate Ross is building. A couple brackets and some plumbing later:

As for the head in the helmet…..