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I don't get it.

Every year, for the past 4 years, about this time there is thread after thread about heat issues. First. it was on the GS, then the RS and now for the past 2 years, on the RT. Heck Spyderpops has made a living dealing with this problem. What I don't understand, is why doesn't BRP solve this problem? Why do they continue to put out a product that they know has this issue:dontknow:

What heat!!!!! Over here in AZ. we don't notice whats coming off the engine.
 
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I don't get how everyone is so dumbfounded by the heat. Not to be rude, but those who complain must not have ever ridden a 2-wheeler. All engines get hot, the heat has to go somewhere, and you're essentially riding on top of a semi-exposed engine. I've chimed in on another post about this somewhere and my response was, and still is, if you where the proper riding gear the heat is diminished a great deal. On long rides, I wear a pair of Dainese Lady Star boots - they are full leather, calf-high, and have Gore-Tex which keeps my feet very comfy. I can ride with my foot in front of the fan and only barely feel the heat that sometimes radiates up my pant leg (when I'm not wearing riding pants).
I honestly don't believe there's an issue with the heat, but rather an issue with the lack of proper riding gear.

This seems to be an issue that will never go away. In California in the part of I-8 that is around El Centro, the summer heat can get as high as 118, maybe more on any given summer day. That's a bit warm and a bit hard to ride in, but there are ways to get by. I don't have any "special" gear to ride with...just jeans, Corcoran 1944 boots, under shirt with a coarse white or very light-colored cotton shirt. I do not have, have never had and will never install riding pegs. The vent on the right side of the Spyder is designed to blow the heat away from the rider's legs. If you put you leg, foot, or whatever in front of the vent it WILL get hot. In almost 50 years of riding I have accepted the fact that engines that use gasoline to operate will get hot. They are designed that way and either we accept that or ride bicycles, horses, roller skates, cars, etc.
 
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spyder heat is mild

lots of folks here have no previous m c experience, so the spyder's heat output seems extreme. those of us that came from the two wheel m c world know what real heat feels like. imagine sitting on a heavyweight, air cooled bike, stuck in traffic, on a 90 plus degree day. THAT is hot. you have to realize our engines are inside a plastic shell, and as it's been said previously, the heat has to go somewhere. be happy it's your foot and not your face. take those splashpans off, it makes a big difference. :thumbup:
 
Agreed Dudley. It's going to be 107 in Modesto Tomm. It sits in the garage. 100 plus is pool weather not spyder weather. Ride in a.m. Or late evening.
 
Bob D: RE Mosquitos--Yes, they are on the large size. We call them B-52's. The good thing is that they fly slow and you can usually nail them if you see or hear them. The season around here lasts about a month--and then they die. A whole different situation if you go to the tundra country though.

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