| Author | Message | ||
     Xbman |
Kick the fan on sooner? Any ideas? This thing gets hot!} | ||
| Brucelee |
Buy a right side air scoop. Problem solved. | ||
| Interex2050 |
well... depending on what the temperature sensor actually is... Idealy a thermo-resistor, then in that case (depending on whether the resistance increases or decreases with heat) one can either run a resistor in parallel or series with the sensor. This will fool the controller that its actually hotter then it really is and make the fan kick in much sooner... The downside if the bike has overheat protection, such as automatic shut off or cylinder alternation, those would also be triggered at a lower temperature and may cause issues... Then of coarse one can just make a separate controller for the fan, using a high-temp thermo-resistor and use it to trigger a transistor which would trigger a relay which would turn on the fan. | ||
| Kowpow225 |
I've considered this as well. Adding a handlebar mounted switch to the fan would be pretty cheap and fairly easy... | ||
| Mr_cuell |
I wish mine would run less, not more, but I suppose thats a different solution. I took it for a 2 mile spin in 37 degree weather the other day and it kicked on like a jet plane when I turned off the motor in the garage. Seemed like it ran for the full cycle too . . . It was the first run with header wrap - should that make the motor run hotter or cooler? | ||
| Tank_bueller |
The downside if the bike has overheat protection, such as automatic shut off or cylinder alternation, those would also be triggered at a lower temperature and may cause issues... At a preset (high)temp, the ecu goes into "skip spark" mode. The missed plug fire allows the unspent fuel to have a great effect in cooling the engine. You will know if you experience this.(no power) Mr. Cuell: sounds normal to me. My fan auto-runs on shutdown anytime I ride the bike for more than a couple minutes, no matter the outside temp. | ||
| Skyguy |
I kinda like my fan running after I turn off the bike. It has drawn a few "dude your bike is still running" comments. At the least it draws a few confused looks........ |
