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Author Message   Dr_greg Posted on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 06:12 pm:        The fan on my '06 Uly S/N 564 finally quit last weekend. It was actually the fan from '06 Uly S/N 044 which was totaled in the deer strike. My replacement '06 had one of the bad fans so I transplanted from the totaled bike. Anyway, after a total of 70,000 miles (55K on Uly 044 plus 15K on Uly 564) it finally quit last weekend. I guess I got my money's worth. Since the weather's cooling I'm not sure I'll replace it for a while (I've had a new one on hand for a couple years). Kinda nice to shut the engine off and hear...silence :-) Plus I'm tired of digging around in that area after recently installing the Comfort Kit. Kinda wish it'd have failed then. --Doc   Froggy Posted on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 06:22 pm:        You sure its not just the comfort kit doing its job?   Hughlysses Posted on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 06:47 pm:        With the comfort kit installed the new one should last 280,000 miles.   Paul56 Posted on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 10:36 pm:        Now you got me worried, Dr. Greg! I should hit 70k mi in the next couple of weeks.   Desertdweller Posted on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 11:08 pm:        I must tell you Dr. Gregg that I have learned ALOT from your posts and I say "Thank You!" So I should have another 60k left on my fan, but I doubt it because much of my riding is done at over 100 degrees and even with the comfort kit installed, the fan starts running a little later in the ride but once it turns on it never shuts down. I would panic if I didn't hear the fan!   Dmmblaze Posted on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 11:11 pm:        to bad the fan can't be eliminated all together...   Froggy Posted on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 11:17 pm:        Its not that hard to remove it should you desire. Not sure why you would though.   Dmmblaze Posted on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 11:21 pm:        removing the noise is why, it runs constantly...   Dr_greg Posted on Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 02:41 pm:        quote: too bad the fan can't be eliminated altogether... I'm with Dmm. I get tired of the stupid thing. Rationalize it all you want regarding improving the engine's longevity, etc. The damn thing is a nuisance. For me, the Comfort Kit didn't reduce the fan runtime very much; it mainly redirected the air. And yes, I wear earplugs all the time. It's still a pain. As usual, just my $0.02. I still like the Uly a lot, but I gotta admit this latest business has me lookin' around...Mrs. Greg is not happy at that. --Doc   Froggy Posted on Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 03:06 pm:        Don't bother getting the 1125 then, it has 2 fans!   Skifastbadly Posted on Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 03:10 pm:        Well, that blows.   Hughlysses Posted on Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 03:37 pm:        (rimshot)   Froggy Posted on Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 03:49 pm:        Haha, once I dropped a earplug, it bounced off my airbox cover and rolled in between the scoops. The vortex of the two fans blowing trapped the earplugs and it was flying back and forth so fast I couldn't catch it till the fans shut off a few minutes later.

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