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SteveMac
MOgang Member & Monster Member,
I had Spyderpops do that with the "heat shield "thing. problem I have now is that the heat now shoots out hits the black flange and heads back to my feet ON THE PEG by the brake. HOT FOOT and leg. Soo Kevin at Cowtown put a little aluminum "shield " attached to the lower hole where the heat comes out and now it's not near as bad. Still hot but can put my foot out (WAY OUT) on that flange, hook my heel on it and it helps cool off my foot. Short of closing both holes can't see a way to get around the heat problem on my 2010 RT-S.
I'd like to see Harvey (Spyderpops) come out with a cover to the lower hole as well. I did remove my lower splash pan and have no increased heat issues (per the temp guage). But even with the lower pan removed, there is more hot air coming out the lower opening.
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BigJohnP
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My two cent worth
Ok here is my two cents. Yes I had a heat problem, but not all that bad. I also had a foot placement problem, for me a little bit of a worse problem. After looking at the problem I came up with the following.
The rain defector sheild seems to defect the heat from the radiator chamber back on to your foot. On the 2013 this is a little worse because they have put foot plates on the bike. The rain defector panel was on earlier models, but they had pegs. These shield also limit the amount of travel your foot can move while riding. So I shortened the rain defector panels and no more problems :yes: . By doing this I now have room to move my feet around. My foot does not get hot because there is air flow over my foot :clap: . And the engine seem to run a little cooler because the heat from the radiator chamber is being drawn out better because of the air flow across the lower hole. The panels from BRP are $27 so it is not the end of the world if you have to replace them at some point in the future. I did both sides to make it look like it was made that way, and if you did not know they where bigger you would not say a thing about it.
Thought that I would just pass this on as my idea to the problem. It is really easy to do, no money spent, no highway pegs bought and it seems to work well. Oh and by the way, you are riding a motor cycle so if it rains your foot is going to get wet. That is just the way it works.
Just to let everyone know, 2013 RT-S ES5 Viper Red :spyder2:. I'm 6'6" tall, so I need all the room there is.
Ok here is my two cents. Yes I had a heat problem, but not all that bad. I also had a foot placement problem, for me a little bit of a worse problem. After looking at the problem I came up with the following.
The rain defector sheild seems to defect the heat from the radiator chamber back on to your foot. On the 2013 this is a little worse because they have put foot plates on the bike. The rain defector panel was on earlier models, but they had pegs. These shield also limit the amount of travel your foot can move while riding. So I shortened the rain defector panels and no more problems :yes: . By doing this I now have room to move my feet around. My foot does not get hot because there is air flow over my foot :clap: . And the engine seem to run a little cooler because the heat from the radiator chamber is being drawn out better because of the air flow across the lower hole. The panels from BRP are $27 so it is not the end of the world if you have to replace them at some point in the future. I did both sides to make it look like it was made that way, and if you did not know they where bigger you would not say a thing about it.
Thought that I would just pass this on as my idea to the problem. It is really easy to do, no money spent, no highway pegs bought and it seems to work well. Oh and by the way, you are riding a motor cycle so if it rains your foot is going to get wet. That is just the way it works.
Just to let everyone know, 2013 RT-S ES5 Viper Red :spyder2:. I'm 6'6" tall, so I need all the room there is.
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