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[bigjohn]

Anyone have any suggestions for venting a tour pak and still keeping it waterproof. I need to keep the internal temp down and allow for ventilation. Any suggestions?
Thanks

[RedDevil]

Anyone have any suggestions for venting a tour pak and still keeping it waterproof. I need to keep the internal temp down and allow for ventilation. Any suggestions?
Thanks

No way to put vents in that have access to outside air flow and keep it water tight.  Possibly put some vents in behind the passenger lower back rest pad and then put some in the bottom of the tour pack.  Any thing on the exposed sides or top would be asking for trouble IMO...maybe someone out there has figured a way....

[Gettinold]

Anyone have any suggestions for venting a tour pak and still keeping it waterproof. I need to keep the internal temp down and allow for ventilation. Any suggestions?
Thanks

What are you hauling.   Check with a local marine store they should carry some mini stainless vents. Good luck. 

[bigjohn]

Thanks, both good idea's. I was thinking behind the backrest (under the cover) and the behind the top of the back rest. It has a small area. I will check my local marine store for covers. I hate to just pop two holes in.
I was worried that the bottom would lift up spray when raining. Like on a SUV when its raining (notice the back window is always dirty).

[Reds]

why do you need to vent it ? selling fish out of that thing??

[Volski]

 :)You're not hauling your dog around in there, are ya?! Poor fella. (I'm just kidding)

[Twolanerider]

Knew a bike a couple years ago whose rider put the big A in Anal Retentive.  He'd added a bunch of high end stereo gear in his tour pak and wanted to make sure he had some venting and circulation with little chance of direct water intrusion.

He ended up putting a couple of fittings in the bottom front of the tour pak.  Barbed fittings on the outside that accepted either 3/8" or 7/16" line (forget which.  He then plumbed the lines under the seat, under the tank and up under the fairing so they caught fresh air going down the road.

The guy as terribly proud of his idea and its tidy installation.  I made fun of a lot of effort for what was likely no gain.  He proved me wrong one hot summer day with a temp probe laid in the tour pak.  18 degree difference inside the tour pak with the lines open of clamped off.

I never totally got how the hot ambient air made that much difference going down the road.  Some venturi effect at the inlets probably.  But he did get a real difference.  It was cheap to do but kind of a pain to get done the first time.

[1abastarsmda]

Thanks, both good idea's. I was thinking behind the backrest (under the cover) and the behind the top of the back rest. It has a small area. I will check my local marine store for covers. I hate to just pop two holes in.
I was worried that the bottom would lift up spray when raining. Like on a SUV when its raining (notice the back window is always dirty).

I think that we are all still on the edge of our seats wondering what you are hauling around in the tourpack that needs to stay cooled.  This summer, I froze some small bottles of orange drink and put them in a small insulated cooler in the tourpack.  I figured they would melt rather quickly in 90 degree temps, but they just didn't thaw.  At the end of a 300 mile day, I still had frozen drinks when I got home.  Anyway, if you are really looking for something for airflow in there and seeing that you live in PA, I would think that the only time you could need the airflow would be in hot, dry weather.  I'm in PA too and the rain pretty much cools down any hot day(not that we get that many of them).  Why not put some sort of vents in that can be water tight when they are closed, and why worry if it's not raining?  Maybe some pop-up mini hood scoops with a rubber seal around the edge to water seal them when closed.  Or cut some holes the size of some rubber plugs you find and pop the plugs in when you want it sealed from water.  Anyway you look at it, this sounds like a project I sure wouldn't want to undertake.  I did just come up with another idea.  If you really want to put the money into doing it, you could put some mini air scoops wherever you decide to place them, and the holes would be out of sight from the outside, being covered by the scoops.  Just make sure you have rubber plugs that you can close off the holes with from the inside for rain or washing.  It sounds like you are going to have some paint matching work ahead of you.  Good luck.

[bigjohn]

I know this past summer we had to many days in the hot sun (we put 15000 miles on). The vent holes with these covers are where i think i am headed. Going to mount behind the seat cover where the air moves from the left and right and probably on tp under the luggage rack. The downward angle should prevent water. So when the bike is moving it will create a positive air in the pak and force ventilation and when its sitting it will flow on its own (hot air rises).

http://www.go2marine.com/product.do?no=27120F

[Fired00d]

I know this past summer we had to many days in the hot sun (we put 15000 miles on). The vent holes with these covers are where i think i am headed. Going to mount behind the seat cover where the air moves from the left and right and probably on tp under the luggage rack. The downward angle should prevent water. So when the bike is moving it will create a positive air in the pak and force ventilation and when its sitting it will flow on its own (hot air rises).

http://www.go2marine.com/product.do?no=27120F

What are you concerned about keeping cool?? I've ridden in hot weather also but never have had concern about items in TP's or saddlebags for that matter getting warm.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[Chains]

I have read this post several times, now I am curious, what are you hauling that needs fresh air?

[bigjohn]

Its about cooling the pak down a little. These tour paks are essentially a pressure sealed unit. So if I vent, i kill two birds with one stone.

[Twolanerider]

Its about cooling the pak down a little. These tour paks are essentially a pressure sealed unit. So if I vent, i kill two birds with one stone.

So you're doing it "just because?"   

I've been known to look for bike chores; just for fun.  But even Dood isn't that anal .

[spydglide]

So you're doing it "just because?"   

I've been known to look for bike chores; just for fun.  But even Dood isn't that anal .

You say that like it's a bad thing. 

[Fired00d]

So you're doing it "just because?"    

I've been known to look for bike chores; just for fun.  But even Dood isn't that anal .

Tru dat... I'm still confused... still haven't figured out what all the concern is about just the things I would carry in a TP getting warm.

I'd be more concerned about stuff getting wet.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d