NC30 lower radiators

[AB]

After reading the FAQ I believe I am posting this in the right place.

A few months back the lower radiator on my NC30 failed. I looked at the options for a replacement radiator but none were exactly what I wanted.

As I run a business which designs, makes and exports car parts I decided to look at re-manufacturing NC30 lower radiators. You can see the results here:

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The company that makes these NC30 radiators for us makes OE radiators for Honda motorcycles. In fact they make OE radiators for all the big four Japanese motorcycle manufacturers as well as a number of high end European motorcycle manufacturers.

We have spent months on design, development and testing.

These NC30 radiators are made using exactly the same production methods, quality controls and tolerances that Honda require.

There are minor differences in the design from the original. The design changes were made to enable small batch production at reasonable cost. All key dimensions such as those of the inlets and outlets are exactly the same as the OE radiator so it fits straight on.

If you would like to see better photographs send me a message and I will give you a link to them and more detailed information. I am happy to answer questions you may have. I will check for messages on a daily basis.

This radiator has undergone thorough testing over more than three thousand kilometres. It included heavy traffic and on track testing in 35 degree Celsius ambient temperatures.

We are also working on replacement upper radiators for the NC30 which will be curved as the original. They should be available in a couple of months time..

[viper_biker]

Interesting stuff. Are you selling these as a trade or out-sourcing the work and sharing the benefits?

What prices are involved in the rads and does it need the 'shell' of the stock radiator or is this built as new from the ground up, so to speak?

[AB]

"Are you selling these as a trade or out-sourcing the work and sharing the benefits?"

We did the design work in co-operation with our sub-contractor. Our company did all the development and testing. We own the design.

The radiators are 100% new.

Send me a message if you want to know the price. The price delivered varies depending upon your location.

[CMSMJ1]

Do they have the facility to mount the fan as per oem?

The tanks look smaller than oem - how much fluid do these rads hold? Is there scope for larger tanks, double cores etc? Can the inlets/outlets location and number be amended?

As Viper asked and did not get an answer - are you making these to sell as a private individual or are you effectively setting up as distributor of a third party product? Whether I buy from a person or from a company would make the difference to me.
You would be better served, IMO, in presenting these with pricing and perhaps with a confirmation of whether any warranty is given etc.

I had a recore in my standard rad - it was much cheaper than buying a new one and effectively it is new...so these items had better be the shizz..

Tell you what - I'll run one on my race bike for you...

[viper_biker]

I opted to go with a Rick Oliver lower rad and an RLR top when I was putting new radiators on my bike. Rick's had a bigger core and the RLR had bigger shoulders and were fantastic at keeping the bike cool. If you are selling these, I'd rather you posted the price on our forum for all to see, without postage costs as that's dependant on each persons global location, thanks.



Also, are you a vendor/supplier or just 'Joe Public' sharing your experiences. We have got vendors on the site that pay for the privelege and we also have normal folks that break, buy and sell bikes as a hobby. As CMSMJ1 said, we look after our own and like to keep things family.

[RickOliver]

Please be kind and don`t treat this man as a fly-by-night operator - he is a well respected supplier of performance parts in the car world, also an NC30 owner and enthusiast and has to my certain knowledge funded the entire development process of these rads out of his own pocket...

Rick

[viper_biker]

Please be kind and don`t treat this man as a fly-by-night operator - he is a well respected supplier of performance parts in the car world, also an NC30 owner and enthusiast and has to my certain knowledge funded the entire development process of these rads out of his own pocket...

Rick

That's certainly not the approach Rick, and the more people putting time and more importantly, money (especially if from their own pocket) into developing our bikes is more than welcome to the forum. Just a case of 'looking after our own' as we often see people coming on with great ideas and abilities to perform certain acts that are there only for a financial gain and couldn't care about the end user or can't be bothered to deal with issues that people come accross with their products with things like warrant or returns etc. We all know rads are impossible to get in decent condition and to get a new radiator will cost a fortune (circa £500 for a set) All I'm saying is, remember RichOneNZ and his promise of parts that people paid for, but never turned up. Easy to hide with on the other side of the globe. I hope you don't take this in bad light AB, just wanting to ensure our guys are looked after as we're used to this service from a lot of guys on here already.

[CRM]

would this be the same person who is doing a proper radiator for the RC30 too ? which would allow us lucky owners to be able to use these delicious bikes in summer as well as cold winter days / or at speeds below 50mph on a typical summer day ? brilliant i will be the first in the queue to order one

I think vipers question was aimed at "is this guy a trader coming to peddle his wares before buggering off with the proceeds" or just trying to get a freebie ad in under the radar.
Rick your word is by far good enough, as you well know we have seen this a few times over the years with somewhat rogue traders.

Its good to know someone has had the sense to develop radiators for the NC30 which are clearly known to most as a problem area.

[micpec]

Please be kind and don`t treat this man as a fly-by-night operator - he is a well respected supplier of performance parts in the car world, also an NC30 owner and enthusiast and has to my certain knowledge funded the entire development process of these rads out of his own pocket...

Rick

...All I'm saying is, remember RichOneNZ and his promise of parts that people paid for, but never turned up. Easy to hide with on the other side of the globe...

Yes, like it was yesterday!! Never went for this triples, but I do remember all the troubles he caused!

[RickOliver]

Yes, fair comment but as Alan said in his first post, he is in the right place and has the right contacts to talk to some of Honda`s OE component suppliers about re-manufacturing discontinued parts in reasonable quantities and at fairly affordable prices - as such I would regard his presence here as a definite asset to the 400gb community.

Whatever the asking price is for one of his rads, view it in the context that you are effectively buying a brand new, freshly made genuine Honda radiator which when last available from Honda themselves had a retail price of around £420...

Paul - No, those are from the same UK source as my race rads - I have something under way for you there.

Rick