Oil Filter in Battery Space

hi all, looking for a thread and /or pics of the oil filter and housing mounted in the battery space
Regards Mike

As an aside, I'm working on making a bracket so the oil filter slots in between the timing cover and the gearbox. Looking from the side you will only see the round end of the filter. The bracket will be held on by captive nuts for the central rear engine bolt and bottom gearbox bolt. Where are you going to fit the battery if the oil filter is there? My battery will be mounted under the swingarm where the oil filter was - leaves a nice clear triangulated area once the oil tank is also relocated.

Cheers
Tyborg

Micheal Tagilari in NY area has mounted his oil filter behind air box in battery area with filter opening upwards so nil spill changing em. I can post him for some details if ya can't figure it out your way. If not an electric start and not idling for many minutes with lights on, then it just don't take much a battery to operate night and day, so not much issue to fit battery in there too, especially the gel or matt type that don't have to worry which way batter is mounted.

Tyborg I like your mounting idea-location to high light the profiles on the pretty side and easy access and helps counter the extra mass on the LH.

Personally I've lost faith that the oil filters do much but block big stuff that could plug a passage but not much filtering for the friction wear size particles. I go a few years now before bothering but to drain filter on oil changes.

Just curious, what is the downside to the original mounting location?

Hobot, why the loss of faith? Is the stock filter element of insufficient fineness to stop, well, fines?
Does anyone offer a spin on stud mod that would allow better filter canisters? Think somebody once
did and Ive read, although not seen proof, that Mobil1 filter does a good job. However expensive
they are readily available.

Brooking 850 said:

hi all, looking for a thread and /or pics of the oil filter and housing mounted in the battery space
Regards Mike

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The mounting setup doesn't show up in the pic but there's a 2" tube that runs down from the backbone to a 1"x3" box section between the back Iso plates. The 2"tube has a plate bolted to it that takes the stock filter mount. You could fasten a plate to the stamping that runs between the upper shock mounts that could serve the same purpose, or you can mount it to the back of the aircleaner.

concours said:

Just curious, what is the downside to the original mounting location?

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Now that there are batteries out there that take up less than half the space of the original there's plenty of room for just about anything. During the ride home on a trip to Alaska I stopped to do an oil and filter change in Whitehorse, Yukon. It was a flipping mess. I decided then and there if I made it home without hitting a Moose that I'd move that flipping filter. If you were starting out with a blank sheet of paper would anyone actually choose to put it under the trans?

Onder said:

Hobot, why the loss of faith? Is the stock filter element of insufficient fineness to stop, well, fines?
Does anyone offer a spin on stud mod that would allow better filter canisters? Think somebody once
did and Ive read, although not seen proof, that Mobil1 filter does a good job. However expensive
they are readily available.

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Onder said:

Hobot, why the loss of faith? Is the stock filter element of insufficient fineness to stop, well, fines?
Does anyone offer a spin on stud mod that would allow better filter canisters? Think somebody once
did and Ive read, although not seen proof, that Mobil1 filter does a good job. However expensive
they are readily available.

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There are plenty of filters that fit the stock threads now. No need for an adapter.

All the Toyota's made in the couple 70-80's decades they got their good lasting reputation on fit our oil filter threads. There are charts galore to search up for off the shelf filters.

Only special bypass filters catch the friction and wear size particles, regular filters only catch stuff that can pile up to block passages. I have a lot of time money in Ms Peel so she gets a bypass filter that actually does what every one else is falsely expecting a main engine filter to do. The factory sludge trap and sump and tank bottom collectors are plenty good enough if not so much trash freed up to block a passage. I ain't saying don't run a filter just its not as significant an endurance factor as we'd hope.

Thanks all, some of the answers to your questions.
Reason for fitting in battery space, have crank mounted self generating ignition from Rex Caunt
http://www.rexcauntracing.com

so no need for a battery, plus it is a track bike, not a road bike with lighting system, ie no wiring, battery or alternator
Am happy with my HF 153 filters (Ducatis use the same one)

Just trying to utilise the air gaps I have after removing all non essentials, pretty sure I have it sorted now thanks as I will mount it so the filter can be screwed on from below the mounting block, with just the LHS side cover removed, no mess Charlie! as mentioned similar to pic shown
regards Mike