was out b4 thinking

[cuznjohn]

i had some running around to do so i was thinking about the heat issue on the 13 rt's. i saw a picture where someone cut a hole in the floor just behind the radiator and blocked off a hole that went back to the engine compartment. now what i was thinking was that one company made something called a fan can and it doesn't let the heat come straight back at the rider, so now my two ideas are 1. if someone can figure out if our fans are reversible we could put a switch in like a DPDT switch ( double pole double throw ) and at low speeds we could reverse the fan and 2. is if a 90 degree duct could be made that would fit over the radiator and fan and a hole cut in the floor plate right behind the radiator for the air to go directly under the bike.

i am always thinking and that's why i am always in trouble. so what do you think. will it work? who is smarter than me to figure this out because some motors are not reversible

 

[jerpinoy]

12 volts dc fan can be reverse by switching the positive and negative wires. You got a good idea and I'm sure it will work with a proper switch.

Let us know the outcome.

 

[Well Hell]

Fans

12 volts dc fan can be reverse by switching the positive and negative wires. You got a good idea and I'm sure it will work with a proper switch.

Let us know the outcome.

BRP has put the reverse fan function on the 2014 RT. At speeds of 5 MPH or less the fan reverses to move the heat away from you.

 

[Bob Denman]

After looking at Len's "Naked RT" films; I wonder if it would be feasbile for a 2013 owner to have a set of pipes made, that ran the exhaust under the engine rather than just inside the Tupperware? :dontknow:

 

[cuznjohn]

pipes

After looking at Len's "Naked RT" films; I wonder if it would be feasbile for a 2013 owner to have a set of pipes made, that ran the exhaust under the engine rather than just inside the Tupperware? :dontknow:

that would be a good idea but where they moved the radiators is a better idea. they know they have the problem and with the 2 radiators and fans in the front with the reversible fans is a much better way to go. my bike only has just over 800 miles on it, if i could get the right price for it i would sell it and get a new one. i worry for my foot with the diabetes i have and i don't need a burn that won't heal right.

 

[Bob Denman]

:lecturef_smilie: Get yourself some better boots to protect those feet! nojoke

 

[Dan McNally]

that would be a good idea but where they moved the radiators is a better idea. they know they have the problem and with the 2 radiators and fans in the front with the reversible fans is a much better way to go. my bike only has just over 800 miles on it, if i could get the right price for it i would sell it and get a new one. i worry for my foot with the diabetes i have and i don't need a burn that won't heal right.

Here is a good farkle project for a vendor (or future vendor) who sponsors this site . . . a complete package (nuts, bolts, wires, all required bells/whistles and directions) that would replace the existing 2013 RT radiator with two smaller ones, located where the 2014 RT radiators are now located, and with fans that run in reverse at 5 MPH or less. Another farkle that could go hand in hand with it, would be a duct with an inline fan that ran from up in the area under the seat, and extended into the area where the 2013 radiator currently sits, and vented it straight down under the Spyder. These two farkles would resolve the hot right foot, and the hot seat that 2013 RT owners are experiencing. I'd buy both, in a heartbeat! Or BRP could offer something like this at a reasonable price as an upgrade.

 

[NancysToy]

Trading one problem for another usually isn't a good thing...that's what I think.

 

[SpyderAnn01]

Cuz do you wear boots when you ride?

 

[Dan McNally]

Trading one problem for another usually isn't a good thing...that's what I think.

How do you feel this would be trading one problem for another as opposed to resolving two problems?

 

[cuznjohn]

booths

Cuz do you wear boots when you ride?

i wear a good pair of work booths with my bad feet i can't wear high riding booths

 

[johnnyrocket]

Here is a good farkle project for a vendor (or future vendor) who sponsors this site . . . a complete package (nuts, bolts, wires, all required bells/whistles and directions) that would replace the existing 2013 RT radiator with two smaller ones, located where the 2014 RT radiators are now located, and with fans that run in reverse at 5 MPH or less. Another farkle that could go hand in hand with it, would be a duct with an inline fan that ran from up in the area under the seat, and extended into the area where the 2013 radiator currently sits, and vented it straight down under the Spyder. These two farkles would resolve the hot right foot, and the hot seat that 2013 RT owners are experiencing. I'd buy both, in a heartbeat! Or BRP could offer something like this at a reasonable price as an upgrade.

BRP and reasonable price cannot be used in the same sentence.

 

[Bob Denman]

i wear a good pair of work booths with my bad feet i can't wear high riding booths

Have you tried on a set of BRP's RT boots? I realize that all of us have different levels of issues; but I'm having pretty darn good luck with them on my tired old wickets... :thumbup: