| Author | Message | ||
     Nukeblue |
on the way home from work, 45 degrees, full power in third, and up comes the wheel! man these things love cold weather | ||
| Dreso1021 |
nice  | ||
| Thecowboyblack |
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| Milt |
They're happy as clams as long as CT < 185. | ||
| Jdugger |
Eh, I've had mine banging up against 230F for long stretches of WOT and abuse, and she's just fine. At 230 they go into skip-spark, which sucks for power, but it's still OK. | ||
| Carbonbigfoot |
Wheeeeee! R | ||
| Bettybuell |
Yeah, you know why they run so well in cool air? Because the radiators dump hot air into the intake. They would run much better in warm weather if that weren' so. | ||
| Jdugger |
> Yeah, you know why they run so well in cool air? Well, that and ALL motors run better in cooler air because of density. I am somewhat suspect of the claim radiator heat has a significant impact on intake temperature AT SPEED. Yes, the stock radiator set up dumps air on the frame, but it's behind the intake and certainly behind it if you are riding at any reasonable speed. If anything, the radiator heat cooks the gas. Warm vs. cold gas is no different than warm vs. cold air. | ||
| Dannybuell |
To assist in the cooling of the frame/gas: Perhaps having heat sinks on the frame directly in line with the radiator fans to passively take advantage of the airflow. Do Pods create drag? I have this sneaky suspicion that the pods are little parachutes. Air entering the pod is somehow expected to bend 80 degrees and follow the inner factory air escape path to the frame. Hot air on the frame, great. Perhaps adding a more traditional outer air escape path to the pod? This would also remedy any parasitic drag that the pods may create. | ||
| Jdugger |
 One thing is for sure, the race body work that uses the ram-air directs air AWAY from the frame, and the bike runs way, way, cooler and the frame doesn't get nearly as hot, even in high summer. I think the long term answer is a setup like the pictures of the 1190RS on Cycle World. Air is ducted OUT of the fairing, not into the motorcycle like it is on the 1125r now. My suspicion is, at speed, the fans actually get in the way of the airflow and the bike would run cooler without them, air directed in or out. Won't help in traffic, but... | ||
| Dreso1021 |
im not near my bike at the moment so i cant exactly look. but how difficult would it be to modify the stock pods to allow air out away from the bike through vents? also would this cause any problems? | ||
| Dannybuell |
This would be a nice Erik Buell Racing kit to update 1125 pods to latest and greatest design. | ||
| Jdugger |
The Erik Buell Racing kit isn't and wasn't made by Buell. It's Flexi-glass. http://www.flexi-glass.com/buell.cfm |
