Someone was asking about sight glasses for the oil level somewhere in this web site but buggered if I can find it now
Anyhow
What I did was to get an ordinary oil seal the correct diameter and cut the lips out of it , leaving just the outer ( rubber coated steel ) ring . I then pestered the local glassier ( window shop ) to cut me a small 4mm thick piece of glass to fit inside the ring which I siliconed into place and for the reflector , I used an english 1/2 crown coin with 2 small holes drilled top and bottom . The glass guy didnt even charge me as he is into bikes too ( actually a harley but thats close ,I geuss ) ha ha
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- paso grand pooh-bah
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Re: sight glasses
It was me who was trying to find a sight glass. I haven't been able to find the time to work on my Paso since September, but I like what you wound up doing. It will be interesting to see how well it holds up to the bike's vibration and heat cycles.
2002 Ducati 748 monoposto
1998 Ducati ST2
1996 Suzuki GSXR-1100
1994 Bimota DB2
1988 MegaPaso 916 project
1987 Ducati Paso 750
1985 Harley FXEF
2001 Ducati M900ie (wife's)
2000 Yamaha YZF-R1 (wife's)
1998 Ducati ST2 (wife's)
1994 Suzuki GSX-750R (wife's)
1998 Ducati ST2
1996 Suzuki GSXR-1100
1994 Bimota DB2
1988 MegaPaso 916 project
1987 Ducati Paso 750
1985 Harley FXEF
2001 Ducati M900ie (wife's)
2000 Yamaha YZF-R1 (wife's)
1998 Ducati ST2 (wife's)
1994 Suzuki GSX-750R (wife's)
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- paso grand pooh-bah
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Re: sight glasses
just to let you know , the sight glass is holding up well, 7000 k's , 2 oil changes
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Re: sight glasses
Sounds pretty good. I found a sight glass from a Pantah 650 where a guy on eBay was parting out and Alazzura.Mc tool wrote:just to let you know , the sight glass is holding up well, 7000 k's , 2 oil changes
2002 Ducati 748 monoposto
1998 Ducati ST2
1996 Suzuki GSXR-1100
1994 Bimota DB2
1988 MegaPaso 916 project
1987 Ducati Paso 750
1985 Harley FXEF
2001 Ducati M900ie (wife's)
2000 Yamaha YZF-R1 (wife's)
1998 Ducati ST2 (wife's)
1994 Suzuki GSX-750R (wife's)
1998 Ducati ST2
1996 Suzuki GSXR-1100
1994 Bimota DB2
1988 MegaPaso 916 project
1987 Ducati Paso 750
1985 Harley FXEF
2001 Ducati M900ie (wife's)
2000 Yamaha YZF-R1 (wife's)
1998 Ducati ST2 (wife's)
1994 Suzuki GSX-750R (wife's)