Belly pan advice

Wrider · 01-08-2022, 06:12 PM

https://www.italo-shop.com/popup_ima...D=3935&imgID=3

Has anyone ever seen or fitted the above? I think it looks alright but just wondering if anyone has any experience with them?

02-08-2022, 03:01 AM

Nice looking unit Wrider, can’t say I am familiar with them though.

the lodger · 09-08-2022, 08:03 AM

Mike you need to clear some space in your inbox

Kato · 09-08-2022, 10:40 AM

Never used one but got to say one of the best looking I've seen

Mark64 · 10-08-2022, 09:11 AM

If I still had my s4rt, I would definitely be buying one of these, it looks mint

Jam911 · 10-08-2022, 09:33 AM

I fitted this small one on my bike recently ....

IMG_1597 by James Green, on Flickr

Mr Gazza · 10-08-2022, 10:39 AM

The one in the OP makes it look like an electric bike... Cool, but the exhausts and the racket they make give the game away..

utopia · 10-08-2022, 11:11 AM

When I bought my 750 it was fitted with a large bellypan a bit like the one in the first post.
I reckoned that it retained a lot of heat from the exhaust.
This was particularly noticeable when pulling up at traffic lights etc whereupon great waves of heat would rise up from the engine.
I have no idea whether this heat retention still took place when on the move at decent speeds. I suspect that perhaps it wasn't such a problem but anyway .....
I removed that bellypan and replaced it with a smaller one like the one in Jam911's post (which I believe are called the "Monza" style).
This does not encase the exhaust and therefore doesn't retain so much heat.
The difference was very noticeable and the waves of rising heat at traffic lights were no longer present.
Make of that what you will but personally, I'm not a fan of large bellypans which encase the exhaust.

01-08-2022, 06:12 PM	#1
Wrider Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Telford Bike: S4r Posts: 174	Belly pan advice https://www.italo-shop.com/popup_ima...D=3935&imgID=3 Has anyone ever seen or fitted the above? I think it looks alright but just wondering if anyone has any experience with them?

09-08-2022, 08:03 AM	#3
the lodger Registered User Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Chorley Bike: M900 Posts: 160	Mike you need to clear some space in your inbox __________________ Contents may settle !

09-08-2022, 10:40 AM	#4
Kato Dismantled Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: East Molesey Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 2,222	Never used one but got to say one of the best looking I've seen __________________ "Political correctness is just intellectual colonialism and psychological fascism for the creation of thought crime"

10-08-2022, 10:39 AM	#7
Mr Gazza Lord of the Rings Join Date: May 2013 Location: Norwich Bike: M900sie Posts: 5,795	The one in the OP makes it look like an electric bike... Cool, but the exhausts and the racket they make give the game away.. __________________

02-08-2022, 03:01 AM	#2
Moco1961 Guest Posts: n/a	Nice looking unit Wrider, can’t say I am familiar with them though.

10-08-2022, 09:11 AM	#5
Mark64 Bronze Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Hondon de los Frailes Bike: S4r Posts: 285	If I still had my s4rt, I would definitely be buying one of these, it looks mint

10-08-2022, 09:33 AM	#6
Jam911 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: Stratford Upon Avon Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 288	I fitted this small one on my bike recently .... IMG_1597 by James Green, on Flickr

10-08-2022, 11:11 AM	#8
utopia No turn left unstoned Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: leicester Bike: M750 Posts: 4,545	When I bought my 750 it was fitted with a large bellypan a bit like the one in the first post. I reckoned that it retained a lot of heat from the exhaust. This was particularly noticeable when pulling up at traffic lights etc whereupon great waves of heat would rise up from the engine. I have no idea whether this heat retention still took place when on the move at decent speeds. I suspect that perhaps it wasn't such a problem but anyway ..... I removed that bellypan and replaced it with a smaller one like the one in Jam911's post (which I believe are called the "Monza" style). This does not encase the exhaust and therefore doesn't retain so much heat. The difference was very noticeable and the waves of rising heat at traffic lights were no longer present. Make of that what you will but personally, I'm not a fan of large bellypans which encase the exhaust.