【KIJIMA】Dress Up Cover Review

Great valve covers

Nice way to help add cooling fins to the honda air cooled engines, and help dress up the motor a little more, fitted to a honda Monkey Z50 View detail

Expensive but high quality products

Matching with the fins of Engine is a good product.
It adds a sense of luxury to the exterior.
Fitting is fine and easy to work with.
It is a product that is a bit expensive and difficult to afford.
The texture is commensurate with the price, though. View detail

I wanted this one. (a bit expensive).

The Yamaha Bolt OEM Engine and Crank Case Cover have a somewhat unfortunate appearance. (Especially, two small ones in the Right Side are urethane) I purchased this Cover.
The design of Bolt V TWINEngine waist is so wonderful that the design of the Normal cover is a waste or something.
The delivery time was about 3 months. When I placed the order, I expected it to take more than 4 months, so it arrived about a month early.

The color of this Cover is pure Black, and the BoltEngine color is a bit Color:It is a Grayish Black, so it is not the same color, but, well, it blends in nicely.

Damper on the Normal cover behind the Largeest cover on the Left Side. (Sponge) is attached with Double-sided Tape (Photo:5,6)。
The KIJIMA Cover does not come with a similar damper (see photo).:5), Just in case, Yamaha OEMDamper was attached to KIJIMA-made (Photo:6)。

Yamaha OEMDamper、PartsNumber:5S7-1542A-00, $350.

To install, remove the three Normal covers and install the original Bolt (3 Covers all M4, hexagonal) It only takes 10 minutes to install with
No Gasket or Seal agent is required.

When considering the purchase of this Cover, Material:I also searched overseas sites to see if there was a less expensive cover in aluminum. I also searched overseas sites.
I was worried about the medium and small covers in the European site, because there were some American style SKULL Helmet, cross design, and plain ones, but I found 3 quantities.:There were no set items available, and purchasing three single items was more expensive than KIJIMA's, including shipping costs, and I was concerned about the quality. (I also liked the content of the Web!ke Review.) 。

Even the back of the Cover is beautifully made and carefully finished. I am satisfied with the quality. View detail

The finish was rougher than I expected...

Like the billet cam cover installed at the same time, it is a custom looking part.
Strictly speaking, the larger surface area may contribute to a slight increase in cooling efficiency.
There were Plating Specification and BarrelSpec. so I chose BarrelSpec. to be less conspicuous.
Plating would have been better anyway...

I thought it was conscientious that the O-Ring was included, as expected of KIJIMA.
But the finishing touches on the all-important product are nowhere near as good as they should be.
Quantity:2pc. Of the set, 1pc. had a rough surface on the hexagonal part.
This is a bit disappointing. But considering the price, maybe this is what it is. View detail

Restore&Refresh

The MONKEY Restore was too dirty and leaking oil, and I wanted to improve its performance.
It reminded me of the time when everyone used to use aluminum washcloths on the air cooling fins to dissipate heat.

From a performance standpoint, would it be good to have more area to dissipate heat?
I used a LaserThermometer to measure the level, and the results were 2 to 5 degrees lower than before I installed it. (It's a cheap product, so it's just a rough estimate.)
Since it's January and the air-cooled engine cools down quickly when the engine is stopped, I don't think this is really necessary now, but it will be effective in the summer when the engine is on the verge of overheating.
For the basic Overheat solution, it would be better to change the Oil viscosity from XXW-40 to XXW-50 or XXW-60, but I thought it would be effective as an insurance against heat dripping when I felt like this.
It's also cheaper and more wallet-friendly to try it out before adding the oil cooler.
By the way, I was working with O-ring, so I was able to kill two birds with one stone since I was working with the oil leak.
In my case, it's a MONKEY, but if it comes with a CUB Leg shield, the Leg shield will give you a Large wind effect, and the performance will be more Large.
Tappet adjustment can also be done by hand immediately after the Cap is loosened. View detail