mmmm food for thought. As George (bubled'n'boiled in bucharest) pointed out in a post of his elsewhere: much more fun than a tamiya or airfix kit (i prefer tamiya btw; and scratchbuilding is evern better! you should see the scratchbuilt 6 foot Titanic i did!).. Back to the bike:
Sticking the cooler in the nose is to me "visually" ok.. i'd have to get this to work without running into other problems mentioned by zimbo, ghost, mr r etc etc (and thanks for your thoughts! abs brilliant this forum; post an idea and you get loads of people bouncing back feedback and ideas!

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A bypass valve (cheers Adrian

) good idea!
I guess, as George does, that at the end of the day i want to use the 2 absolutely (at present) useless intakes on the fairing.. and i've a perfectly good oil cooler dangling in the garage... i'll see what my fertile brain can come up with
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