i have my cooler AND the filter mounted to the right crash bar. i have a filter adapter mounted where the filter goes and a pair of hoses to the filter first [hot oil through the filter] and then to the cooler and back to the engine. its between the hack body and the bike so most folks never see it but it works really well and makes oil changes a breeze
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I saw some of that type but none were available when I looked. Meanwhile, the beercan type I mentioned is even an older style. I'm pressing to get this done including the sidecar, cooler, and putting a ton of stuff back onto the bike that had been removed by the previous owner. He also took off the rear crash bars and now I have to take the rails and other stuff off before I can get the bars back on. The bars screw around the top shock mount and require enough room to clear everything in the bar arc. This project is a rush to get things done before our annual Prison Run (Norwalk Centaurs) in April and then I can go back and improve later. Meanwhile, I'm getting two cars ready for this weekend.... Blondie's Corvette and my Amphicar/trailer/scooter rig. You saw my stuff at www.radvet.com, right? I'm like in parts/service hell right now because everything here happens all at once. Timo.... I'm pretty much limited to mounting stuff like it would have been mounted during or earlier than '65. Uhhh, 1965, not 1865 as some of my biker friends might suggest. I'm one of the OCD vintage bike guys. Sometimes I wish I wasn't... WHINE!!! . - AZP
I'm trying to close some of the threads I started. I ended up putting a chrome Lockhart 500 on the panhead and it seems to be working fine. As someone suggested, I mounted it high by turning the "V" bracket upsidedown and attached it to the center crash bar bolt. The local run I was planning for ended today with air temps in mid-90's. It was a hot mamba-jamba. I went without the bypass valve but do have a cooler cover. I doubt I'll use it much here in SoAz. - AZP
I've run oil coolers on my old Ironhead Sporty since it was new, on my Shovel, and now they are stock on our Hinckley Bonnevilles and Thruxton (including the tug for our hack). I never used a bypass valve on any oil cooler I installed. I have simply kept my oil coolers covered so that air flow is restricted through them in the winter months. Based on oil tank dipstick thermometers on both Harleys I can usually see a 20-25 degree difference between running covered and uncovered. Low tech...but so am I.
