Superalce, fitting an oil tap

[Richard Harding]

Hi All,

My superalce gets infrequent use, and after leaving it for a few weeks, quite a lot of oil seems to end up in the lower engine, so I thought I would install a tap.

I bought the tap shown in the picture but I'm not sure of the best way to fit it - are those connections crimped onto the original setup?

Any advice on how to proceed?

Thanks

Richard (South West UK)

[Alan Greenslade]

This is what I did. Push rubber oil line onto tap and turned up alloy ferrules to push over the hose. The ferrule doesn’t need to be a tight fit as the oil line seals sufficiently. 

Regards
Alan

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[Patrick Hughes]

You should be able to pull out the top pipe from the rubber and push in the one with the tap.

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[Joe Joseph]

My tap isn’t as fancy as yours (plumbing supplies, gasp!!!) but I just slipped an oil hose into the metal tube and retained it with clips. 

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[Patrick Hayes]

On 5/17/26 02:38, Richard Harding wrote:
> are those connections crimped onto the original setup?

There are a variety of ways to make DIY clamps with safety wire or
copper wire. Although they are more modern, I prefer fuel injection
hose clamps from BMW. They don't cut or penetrate the hose rubber in
any way.



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Falcone-NT and SuperAlce
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[Patrick Hayes]

On 5/17/26 05:31, Joe Joseph wrote:
> (plumbing supplies, gasp!!!)

I like Joe's plumbing substitute. I have something quite similar as a
cutoff for my Falcone-NT. Mine was a natural gas stove fitting.
Stamped on the back it says 'Made in Italy'!!

[Mike Peavey]

Most importantly is remembering to TURN IT ON… I use simple "Remove Before Flight" flags on the kick start.  On my two Airone I have engineered a simple ground to the Magneto that requires turning on the tap for spark. 

To give you an idea of how much oil can leak down, I parked a new to me, known by me, Falcone for the winter without a shut off last Fall, between the floor, drained from the crank case and drained from the clutch housing, after installing a shut-off today, I added 1 and a half quarts to top it off.

Mike Peavey

Boston

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[RICHARD YAMANE]

Use the clamps from an Alfa Romeo or Fiat. They're more appropriate. Sexier design too!

Rick Yamane
Importer of Vape/Powerdynamo ignition systems and Polisher of bikes at Motion Pro

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[RICHARD YAMANE]

Here are a couple of pics of a shut off valve on one of Chris' old Harleys. (Greasy mess!) when shut it grounds against the exhaust pipe, shorting the magneto. When open, the circuit is also open allowing the mag to spark.

On my GTV, even with the valve closed I still get a fair amount of oil on the floor. Probably a leak draining the oil left in the sump after running. The scavenging system seems to be working well. If I forget to close it, it's Exxon Valdez time!

[Andrew Nahum]

They are old bikes after all.  Agree oil tap is the way to go.  I like Mike’s ‘remove before flight’ flags.  I have used those disc lock warning things.  A corkscrew shaped bright yellow plastic warning line that you can run from the handlebar grip down to the oil tap.  

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[Alan Comfort]

I left the tap in the on position yesterday afternoon. Half the oil in the tank migrated to the sump overnight. Not a problem. Just fired it up and watched the oil tank fill. It only took a couple of minutes. If had been left sitting much longer it would probably have meant draining the sump and the clutch case.

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