posted July 04, 2006 03:02 PM
Someone here said it could be done, but the cost of the fan from KAW is like over $400.00...would it do much? Probably throw more heat on ya when ya stop...who knows?
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posted July 04, 2006 05:13 PM
Since I am not overheating I don't want to spend the money or add the weight - though some more front end weight may help keep the wheel on the ground - I will leave it with 1 for now.
quote:Someone here said it could be done, but the cost of the fan from KAW is like over $400.00...would it do much? Probably throw more heat on ya when ya stop...who knows?
Yea, it was your good buddy THE VAK! lol
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posted July 04, 2006 07:04 PM
This subject keeps coming up but I've yet to see where anyone has actually overheated. I'm in the "don't fix what isn't broke" group.
posted July 04, 2006 08:26 PM
Put a manual in line switch so when you are in traffic on a hot day, turn it on, no extra fan required because you are not trying to cool it from full tilt heat........
posted July 07, 2006 07:50 AM
Check one of the listed forums here - and someone actually tested the temps with the number of bars - and even with 4 bars showing we really aren't over heating. I'm in the Virginia Beach area, and I'm at 2 bars (mid area) when on the highway at 50-70mph+ and when in stop and go traffic I'm at 3 bars, sometimes 4 depeding on how long I'm sitting at a light - but still, I am not overheating..
posted July 07, 2006 09:57 AM
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posted July 07, 2006 10:16 AM
Don't think anyone is really worrriedd 'bout the bike overheating...just that they run hot on the rider...anyway...I just got changed the rad coolant in my 10R to water only and a bottle of watter wetter...it does run cooler, so I'm doing the same thing in the 14 today...will ley y'all know how that works out tonight...just wondering if the boiling point has now been reduced -- hope not. Fan switch sounds like a good idea to me too...think it would help lot's, just need to find a place to mount the switch so it's clean and easy to get to...or does anyone know of a way to lower the fan switch-on point....?
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posted July 14, 2006 06:34 AM
Just my little input, I switched to Liquid Perfomance coolant, runs 15-20 degrees cooler than Engine Ice. And noticed it took some warming up between rounds last Wed. at the track when before it held the temp in the motor before. I haven't had the chance to ride it on the street this way yet, but last Sun. the wife and I went for a short 100 mi. ride, got back to town sitting at a light used all the guage but never flashed H. Hopefully this will cure the heating problem, before I have to wire the fan to a switch.
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posted July 14, 2006 08:37 AM
Because Water Wetter (Or water based coolants) are more efficient at removing heat from the engine, more heat removed = more hot air from the radiator.
When I changed the coolant from the green stuff to Water wetter, the temp guage went down, and my legs got hotter...
I live in a place where the humidity rarely drops below 70%, and temperatures seldom go below 85 in the day time...
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