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[wachuko]

Most recent mod... come on slow traffic!!   Here we go Daytona Main Street during Bikeweek!!

Well, not really completely installed, just needed to see how it looked.  Will be doing the install this weekend.

Before:



After:

[Gank]

OK I'll bite... what is it?  New speakers to enjoy the slow drive??

[wachuko]

OK I'll bite... what is it?  New speakers to enjoy the slow drive??

Speakers? Really!? 

Set of fans to cool the heads.  A guy at the other forum made one for himself and folks started asking him to build them for the rest of us... I was able to get one from the first or second batch he made.

http://www.hdforums.com/forum/touring-models/713596-built-the-best-engine-cooling-system-again.html

[Puzzled]

I read a few pages of that thread. What has been the overall reaction to the fans? They look well built. I didn't see pricing on anything I read, what is a setup selling for?

[wachuko]

I read a few pages of that thread. What has been the overall reaction to the fans? They look well built. I didn't see pricing on anything I read, what is a setup selling for?

He later built a website for them:  http://www.wardspartswerks.com/

US$275.00  Not bad when compared to the competition.  And imho, these look far better.

Jason did a wonderful job on the design and build.  You have to add spacers so that they don't touch the heads.  There is a switch if you want to control when they come on.  

I will report back when I have a few miles on them.

Oh, and no relationship to Jason.    Just proud to be able to see, and buy, something designed and built in the USA...  I hope he does well with these.

A photo of another bike with the cowbell horn installed:

[GregKhougaz]

Interesting mod, wachuko, please let us know how the installation goes. 

 Anyone considering this project might want to look at this thread as well:   Forced Convection System

[wachuko]

Interesting mod, wachuko, please let us know how the installation goes. 

 Anyone considering this project might want to look at this thread as well:   Forced Convection System

Thanks for the link.  I had not seen that thread. 

[wachuko]

Feedback from one install:

Jason,

Know I'm not the one you directed the questions to, but since having the fans for about a month, I can say that I have seen much lower oil temps than I had previously.

Rode the bike from VA to Northern MI in June, got caught in ~mid 80° temps and stop & go traffic just outside Detroit. Fairing oil temp gauge showed ~260°, consistent with the temp gauge on the dipstick (~265° when I stopped for gas). Put the fans on before I rode back to VA. Ended up in stop & go traffic on I-64 between Richmond and Chesapeake, temps in the high 90°-low triple digits, and with the fans on, the oil temps stabilized ~230° on the fairing gauge, reading 226° on the dipstick temp gauge.

Great thing about it was the oil temps dropped 10-20° as soon as I started moving faster than about 30mph (fans still on).

Since that ride, even with the temps here in VA in the high 90°s and low triple digits on multiple occasions, I've yet to see the oil temps get over the 230° mark when the fans are running, and I ride the bike every day. Until I can get my hands on one of the thermo switches, the fans stay on unless I'm riding in the rain.

Cheers,

Mike

Like I said, I will get some temp readings and share mine as well.

[mrmagloo]

I heard that JIMS was coming out with some kind of a cooling product of some sort?

[Dare]

Thanks Wachuko, I look forward to getting that info, obviously you did some customizing for the attachemnt point.  I like the shifter linkage by the way.

I melted down two valves riding down the to the ROT 5 years ago in Austin.  103 on the roads and heavy traffic.  Lesson learned, pull over and hydrate at nearest or self made cantina!

[wachuko]

Thanks Wachuko, I look forward to getting that info, obviously you did some customizing for the attachemnt point.  I like the shifter linkage by the way.

I melted down two valves riding down the to the ROT 5 years ago in Austin.  103 on the roads and heavy traffic.  Lesson learned, pull over and hydrate at nearest or self made cantina!

It was a straight forward install.  A spacer between the mount and the horn bracket to give it some space between the fans and the heads, hook up the wires to the battery and done!  What you see as a customized attachement point is nothing more than the bracket where the horn usually goes.  I relocated the horn on the bike awhile back.  So it was a bolt-on affair.  Unless you call sticking a Willie G skull emblem customizing   

[Gank]

Speakers? Really!? 

Set of fans to cool the heads.  A guy at the other forum made one for himself and folks started asking him to build them for the rest of us... I was able to get one from the first or second batch he made.

http://www.hdforums.com/forum/touring-models/713596-built-the-best-engine-cooling-system-again.html

I was joking about the speakers... looks a great idea to fight the heat.  surprised HD has not thought of it before... oh wait,,,, got my answer


Let us know your results, Im driving to CA next fall and that would be good for the trip

[wachuko]

Oppss... posted in the wrong thread...  Here we go:

I finally got around to connecting the fans... 





Man do I love how this bike looks!!!!

[Rooster]

I have one fan that does help. Two should be even bettter. By the way where did you put the horn? I am looking to move mine.

[wachuko]

... By the way where did you put the horn? I am looking to move mine.

Always painful to answer that question...  



So, DO NOT RELOCATE YOUR STOCK BELL HORN THERE!!  

So... one new fender later, a horn from the HD Blackline series... Old fender goes up in the wall of shame as a reminder...







Not near as loud as the original horn, but it does not hit the fender...  and I just love that clean look on the engine without the horn there.