Unique 'one-off' Oil Filter Cover/Cooler for sale

[SkooterG]

Not too long ago I bought some items off Craigslist and this was one of them that came with the other stuff.

It is a one-off creation of a former FJR owner who is also a machinist. He created this oil filter cover and cooler for his FJR. It slips over the oil filter and has two small hex set-screws to ensure it doesn't come off. Those screws are on the bottom and not visible when mounted.

I can't use it as I have the Wild Bill highway pegs and I don't want to have to remove the highway peg brackets every time I change the oil.

Price: $65 + shipping.

Be the ONLY one not only on your block, but in the Whole Wide World to have one!

Here's a photo he sent me of a chunk of aluminum next to the finished product after CNC machining:

And here's a couple of photos with it mounted on the FJR:

 

[someguy]

Why not. pm sent

 

[TomInPA]

How much better does THAT look than the baby-**** yellow filter! :clapping:

 

[SkooterG]

How much better does THAT look than the baby-**** yellow filter! :clapping:

I was thinking the same thing. Should have used that as a hook in my ad!

Looks like it didn't matter though, as it seems it is SOLD!!!

 

[garyahouse]

Hey Tom

My yeller feller resents that comment !!!!

Gary

darksider #44

 

[HotRodZilla]

One off...****, I could drive to my dad's shop right now, and after set-up, prolly have 50 of those ready to go in a couple of days. There's no need for a CNC to produce those. That's easy lathe work. 5 minutes on a mill to drill and tap the set-scrw holes and your in bidnezzz...

 

[SkooterG]

One off...****, I could drive to my dad's shop right now, and after set-up, prolly have 50 of those ready to go in a couple of days. There's no need for a CNC to produce those. That's easy lathe work. 5 minutes on a mill to drill and tap the set-scrw holes and your in bidnezzz...

Thanks for your comments.......

 

[Fred W]

One off...****, I could drive to my dad's shop right now, and after set-up, prolly have 50 of those ready to go in a couple of days. There's no need for a CNC to produce those. That's easy lathe work. 5 minutes on a mill to drill and tap the set-scrw holes and your in bidnezzz...

Step up to the plate and do it!!

You can apparently get $60 clams a pop.

I was actually looking at it until I saw the price tag. I'm way too cheap to part with that much scratch for a questionable farkle.

 

[HotRodZilla]

One off...****, I could drive to my dad's shop right now, and after set-up, prolly have 50 of those ready to go in a couple of days. There's no need for a CNC to produce those. That's easy lathe work. 5 minutes on a mill to drill and tap the set-scrw holes and your in bidnezzz...

Thanks for your comments.......

Don't be a hurt-butt smartass. I'm just saying that these can be easily made.

One off...****, I could drive to my dad's shop right now, and after set-up, prolly have 50 of those ready to go in a couple of days. There's no need for a CNC to produce those. That's easy lathe work. 5 minutes on a mill to drill and tap the set-scrw holes and your in bidnezzz...

Step up to the plate and do it!!

You can apparently get $60 clams a pop.

I was actually looking at it until I saw the price tag. I'm way too cheap to part with that much scratch for a questionable farkle.

Nope...Not that interested in doing it, and if I made 50 of them, I'd prolly end up with 49 that I couldn't sell. I would bet that after a few runs though, the price could drop below $60. I'm thinking 4lbs of 6061T6 rounds aren't that much. The bitch is how much aluminum has to be machined out of a solid piece. That may be the cost driver right there, as I haven't priced aluminum in quite a few years.

 

[Donal]

Looks kind of similar to this

Don

 

[rogdeb]

One off...****, I could drive to my dad's shop right now, and after set-up, prolly have 50 of those ready to go in a couple of days. There's no need for a CNC to produce those. That's easy lathe work. 5 minutes on a mill to drill and tap the set-scrw holes and your in bidnezzz...

Thanks for your comments.......

Don't be a hurt-butt smartass. I'm just saying that these can be easily made.

One off...****, I could drive to my dad's shop right now, and after set-up, prolly have 50 of those ready to go in a couple of days. There's no need for a CNC to produce those. That's easy lathe work. 5 minutes on a mill to drill and tap the set-scrw holes and your in bidnezzz...

Step up to the plate and do it!!

You can apparently get $60 clams a pop.

I was actually looking at it until I saw the price tag. I'm way too cheap to part with that much scratch for a questionable farkle.

Nope...Not that interested in doing it, and if I made 50 of them, I'd prolly end up with 49 that I couldn't sell. I would bet that after a few runs though, the price could drop below $60. I'm thinking 4lbs of 6061T6 rounds aren't that much. The bitch is how much aluminum has to be machined out of a solid piece. That may be the cost driver right there, as I haven't priced aluminum in quite a few years.

I'll give you $40 for one Get ta work - when you're off patrol that is

 

[Poorboy]

Id take one if some one made them primarily to hide and protect the filter don't know how much it would actually cool

 

[C&C]

Id take one if some one made them primarily to hide and protect the filter don't know how much it would actually cool

+1

It's a nice cover, but for cooling, you'd need aluminum to filter contact for any efficiencies; no contact, (and there is an air insulator between the materials).

 

[someguy]

Thanks SkooterG!

that purty thing should be sitting there when i return home...

can't wait!

and if someone feels froggy and wants to spin a bunch of these off of their lathe, i'll send em this one to measure.

i guess i don't need to be the onlyiest guy in the entire world with one...

i'm interested in laser etching or a "rollmark" of cool design on the end, but i'd have to find someone with skillz... (if you know anyone...)

or even someone who knows how to anodize aluminum...

later!

 

[gixxerjasen]

Yea, I was thinking anodize or powder coat. Granted, the powder coating would likely kill the cooling aspect, but as previously stated it likely isn't doing much and I'd be more interested in the aesthetics than the cooling part of it.

 

[Fred W]

Wait one second here...

Purely aesthetic is the very antithesis of a "farkle." A farkle has to be functional and add sparkle.

If you start adding purely aesthetic mods you'll be headed down a slippery slope. Where will it end? LED under body lights? Chrome hand grips? Neon helmet mohawks? :huh:

 

[mferriter]

Id take one if some one made them primarily to hide and protect the filter don't know how much it would actually cool

+1

It's a nice cover, but for cooling, you'd need aluminum to filter contact for any efficiencies; no contact, (and there is an air insulator between the materials).

I agree that it looks more like it would act as an insulator (keeping your filter warm) and not really a heat sink/dissipator. Normally you'd want something with lots of thin fins for high surface area and fairly intimate contact with the part to be cooled. An air gap between the parts acts as further insulation.

Something like this:

 

[gixxerjasen]

Wait one second here...

Purely aesthetic is the very antithesis of a "farkle." A farkle has to be functional and add sparkle.

If you start adding purely aesthetic mods you'll be headed down a slippery slope. Where will it end? LED under body lights? Chrome hand grips? Neon helmet mohawks? :huh:

It protects the filter from being punctured by flying road debris. There, now it adds sparkle, AND is functional. Didn't even have to change anything in the design either.

 

[beemerdons]

Wait one second here...

Purely aesthetic is the very antithesis of a "farkle." A farkle has to be functional and add sparkle.

If you start adding purely aesthetic mods you'll be headed down a slippery slope. Where will it end? LED under body lights? Chrome hand grips? Neon helmet mohawks? :huh:

It protects the filter from being punctured by flying road debris. There, now it adds sparkle, AND is functional. Didn't even have to change anything in the design either.

+1, Gunny; excellent call there by gixxerjasen, I ride Mexico many thousands of miles each and every year and you would not believe the road debris that comes flying up hitting my FJR Miss Lucy Liu en Las Caminos. If HotRodZilla does start producing these, I will buy one just for the reason that you stated in protecting the oil filter from being punctured by flying road debris! Es Verdad, ese!

This is the deadliest road in all of Mexico, "Espinazo del Diablo" - The Devil's Backbone which connects Durango with Mazatlan; I ride it at least every few years. Road debris flying up at your Moto are sticks, stones, lug nuts, switchblades and shell casings from the Zetas Cartel!