mello dude

I went to my dealer to order the SH fan and they say they are on back order. Meaning no way can they tell when I would get one if I ordered. Just curiuos - how many of us jumped out and ordered one? New demand - new shortage? MD

You could look at it as that the normal mode of operation when the bike is moving down the road, the air pushing through the front and out the sides of the radiators is the same as the blow out fan? Just a thought.. MD

Ha ha ha. I was just over at Tim's place this evening visiting and I made some off hand comment that he should machine the clamps out of magnesium. Admittedly in my engineering travels I have not had the opportunity to play with magnesium. But doesnt that material degrade over time? (years) Kinda why the major mfrs avoid it for structual parts? I'm thinking 2024 is a strong candidate..... MD

Just for fun - ok I'm a sick bastard..... For the sake of engineering argument on materials, what about a 5000 or 2000 series aluminum such as 2024-T3? The 7075-T6 is strong as hell, but not so great in the fatique end of the stick. -It still maybe the best, just want to here other opinions. MD

Well I gave the standard msrp price since I got mine for 18.00 (hey, I'm a parts counter monkey, remember guys). Anyway, I have an update: Last night I actually had the fan switch on while limping along on some residential back streets last night (I had a roofing nail in the back tire and about 11 psi left). The temp was 224 when I heard the fan switch on. At the time I was creeping along at about 15mph as I was about eight cars behind some bluehair heading home from her nightly church meeting. It only stayed at 224 for a few seconds and by the time I was another block down the street, it switched off again. Oh and for the detail people. At 2230 hours last night I installed a stop-n-go mushroom plug with the pistol grip tool and filled the rear Avon to 48 psi. So today I ran it pretty hard on my way into work, but did not encounter enough traffic to get the vfr past 190F. And on the commute home tonight at 2015 hours, the indicated temp did not pass 223 until I was home, with the engine idling as I dismounted to unlock and open my garage door. Again the temp immediately stopped climbing and started to decrease. I don't think that the push/pull issue is one at all, since either way the fan motor's work is to move air through the radiator core. As for it moving hot air from the header pipes, oil cooler and cylinders through the radiator to the exterior of the bike, I'm not sure that makes a huge difference. I mean heat is being removed from within the motorcycle and dumped into the atmosphere. I don't think that it matters a hell of a lot if it is drawn from the radiator or from the other sources, those calories are removed from the bike's systems and others will have to migrate in from somewhere. What I do notice is that when the fan kicks in, I can easily reach down and feel the heat coming out of the left side. Before when it was sucking in air on that side and supposedly dumping heat out the right side, I could not feel heat on the right side. I also think that there is much less heat bleeding into the cockpit area at a stop light. I think that I need to borrow a couple of small digital thermometers to monitor the temps in these areas. I'm tentatively calling this a success. So wiring wise - was it a snip it and reverse it job? MD

If you want to throw more fuel on the fire - add a survey lines - break in with dino and add synthetic later ~7500miles or short break in oil and change immediately to synth on first oil change. I'm sure that will light a fuse.... MD