steriltech
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Hi all thanks for the replies!!! Here is a question I see the 2015 RTs come with the right air cover... I have a 2012 RT and I have none like most can we get one the other years?? It just feel like its missing:sour:?????
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Right side air cover?????
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Bob Denman
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All of the 1330 RTs have them... There've been a couple of threads in here about what you need to do, in order to fit them to a 998 bike... :thumbup:
Upstater
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Good reason
The 2012's do not have the right side cover/grill for a reason. This is to maximize the air flow to cool the engine/radiator. If you block that opening you run the chance of overheating. There are folks that have installed aftermarket grills and block-off plates with no ill effects. Do so at your own risk and monitor the temp gauge. Just my personal opinion, if the manufacturer intended that space to be open (by design), then it should probably stay open.
The new Spyder RT 1330 engine is designed and cooled differently, thus the reason you will see a vent cover on the right side now.
The 2012's do not have the right side cover/grill for a reason. This is to maximize the air flow to cool the engine/radiator. If you block that opening you run the chance of overheating. There are folks that have installed aftermarket grills and block-off plates with no ill effects. Do so at your own risk and monitor the temp gauge. Just my personal opinion, if the manufacturer intended that space to be open (by design), then it should probably stay open.
The new Spyder RT 1330 engine is designed and cooled differently, thus the reason you will see a vent cover on the right side now.
Cruzr Joe
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Spyderpops sells a block off plate or a Stainless Steel open grill. check it out on his webpage www.spyderpops.com
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Ben Burped
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The block off plate comes with instructions that suggest removing the plastic plate under the radiator to compensate for closing up the vent hole where many of us have some form of highway peg installed. As soon as I put on my Madstad foot rests, I went straight to my dealer for the block off plate. Didn't like grilling my right shin. I didn't completely remove the plastic plate, but I did use a small hole saw to remove quite a bit of it while I had it off during a repair.
The block off plate comes with instructions that suggest removing the plastic plate under the radiator to compensate for closing up the vent hole where many of us have some form of highway peg installed. As soon as I put on my Madstad foot rests, I went straight to my dealer for the block off plate. Didn't like grilling my right shin. I didn't completely remove the plastic plate, but I did use a small hole saw to remove quite a bit of it while I had it off during a repair.
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