Removing coolant bottle

[cdw]

I'd like to get rid of the damn thing, what do you guys do with the lines after you take the bottle out?

[FIRST BANSHEE]

I kept mine so the cooling system would work the it was designed to.With out it your going to lose coolant, and have to keep refilling. Just my opinion

[bigboybanshee]

Stan has a pretty cool bottle relocation kit...I'd do that before you toss it!!!

 

Coolant bottle relocation kit

[sandornothing]

If you want to get rid of the over flow bottle you can. Everyone i know advised against it because youre supposed to leave room somewhere for the coolant to expand, and when it cools back down (in theory) the radiator should have enough vacuum to suck the coolant back in. But i believe that if the coolant needs to expand then youre already over heating and boiling over and your bike needs to be shut off anyway.

 

Here is what i did. Remove the bottle, ran the over flow hose that is located right by the radiator cap down the frame in the front of my bike, and zip tied it somewhere down by the a arms. I did it this way because i wanted to see if my engine ice was boiling out of the hose after a hard ride (never has happened yet). Ive been riding in Glamis the last 2 weekends in a row and i havent lost any coolant at all. And i was running it hard enough for my pipes to blue even.

 

Now that is not to say that every banshee will do the same as mine with this set up. My bike runs really cool right now (alum impeller, cool head, 2 in-line cooler, and engine ice) so im sure it that all helps out in that area. But id say if your cooling system is at the top of its game go for it, it'll save you a little weight as well.....not much but every little bit helps.