Alamo sidemount meant to hang out?

[DrZiplok]

I picked up an Alamo sidemount (1G) for reasonably cheap a little while back, and finally got around to bolting it up today to see how it sits.

Much to my disgust, it hangs at a funky angle (tilted forwards at the top) and sticks way out into the wheelwell; so much so that at full lock the tire's about 1cm away from the bottom tank.

Is this the way it's meant to be? There seems to be plenty of room to move it forwards, but the inlet pipe would have to be relocated on the endtank.

I went sidemount because I wanted to keep things tidy and reasonably stealthy... which this is entirely not.

 

[GunnerTSi]

That's exactly how it fits. It'll punch throught the splash guard a bit, but that's why it's painted black

 

[pneumo]

Yup, mine is like that, too. I had to trim the cover on the bottom or else the tire would rub it in sharp turns.

 

[mike9146]

I had to grind my crossmember a but to get it to tuck forward a bit. It will go in a significant amount further if you do the grind, and will give
you reasonable clearance between it IC and the tire. Use some screen material and make a "bulge" in the plastic guard for the IC can still have protection from debris coming off the tire. Use a Fernco reducer for the outlet to UICP connection. It's a good unit if you can get one used. I only got rid of mine to go to a Spearco 2-216.

 

[DrZiplok]

Reduction isn't a big problem for me, as the PO replaced the outlet with a 2.25" elbow which will match directly my existing UIP.

When you say "grind the crossmember", how does that work with the lower mounting bracket on the inlet pipe? With mine, the bracket and inlet rest directly against the upright; I can't actually visualise any sort of grinding that would let it lean further forwards without removing some serious bulk.

Right now, since the PO also cut the inlet pipe short, I need to have some welding done on it, so I'll ask the chap doing the welding whether they can rework the inlet to give me some more room. Seems like a dog-awful amount of work for what was meant to be a bolt-on...

Thanks for the confirmation though folks; muchly appreciated.