Literal hot seat on 2012 RT Limited

[punji]

Was riding the other day and felt intense heat on my butt. I use an Airhawk so there was some insulation. But the heat felt like someone had thrown a switch -- similar to heated grips. Temperature gauge was normal. Got home and raised the seat. The black rectangular tube that is a frame member in the middle of the space was too hot to touch. Just had a couple of relays replaced but I can't imagine how the hot seat might be connected to the relay situation. I've never heard of a problem like this. Any ideas??? Thanks in advance...


punji

 

[Chupaca]

Interesting..!!

12's were not known to have this heat problem that I know of. Heat issues in that area can come from worn out "Y" gaskets on the exhaust system. Now to travel up to the backbone is a lot of heat or a very long ryde. Don't think the relay change could cause this cause electrical heat will blow some fuses. Let us know what you find out...:thumbup:

 

[Bob Denman]

(RTs don't have the Y gaskets that fail so often...)
When they were replacing relays; did they pull the nosecone off of the bike?
Perhaps something didn't get put back in place correctly, and it's blocking airflow... :shocked:

 

[SpyderAnn01]

(RTs don't have the Y gaskets that fail so often...)
When they were replacing relays; did they pull the nosecone off of the bike?
Perhaps something didn't get put back in place correctly, and it's blocking airflow... :shocked:

Bob, they do have a gasket that could fail.

 

[Dan McNally]

If you find what caused the issue please let us know . . .