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1Back to top Go down   For a cooler summer Empty For a cooler summer Thu Jul 18, 2013 10:34 pm

Beemer Wheeler

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If your biKe has a fairing, this mod will help on torrid days.
Your K needs some panniers too (comes standard on RT, LT, etc...)
Cut some rectangular openings on front and rear sides of the "suitcases".
Insert a small fan(s) fitted radiator vertically mounted in each case.
Divert coolant flow from front radiator to the 2 smaller ones.
They must have a total heat dissipation rating equivalent to the front one. (Adjust fans speed accordingly).
Now all the heat is evacuated behind you.  Smile
I can already hear some complaining about the loss of stowage space.


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2Back to top Go down   For a cooler summer Empty For a cooler summer Thu Jul 18, 2013 11:22 pm

ironbutt

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Cut holds in my panniers so I don't sweat so much... Right now here on the east coast of the U.S. the humidity is 96% so even if I could get the air temp around me down to say 72F I'm still casting off water like a shower head...and I'd have holes in my panniers for the rain to get in. Hummm, that's a hard sell right there. Nope, that dog just won't hunt. Truth... if my wife found out I just cut up my "new to me" $600.00 panniers ... oh my... now I'm gonna have nightmares...


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3Back to top Go down   For a cooler summer Empty So??? Thu Jul 25, 2013 1:44 pm

ibjman

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So? This guy is actually installing auxiliary radiators & fans in the saddlebags and piping the coolant back to them?
Sounds iffy to me unless I just fail to understand the lash up?

I have a couple of inexpensive aftermarket heat shields installed and those, combined with a good pair of high top riding boots and a pair of blue jeans make summer riding quite tolerable.
Regards, Ibjman

    

4Back to top Go down   For a cooler summer Empty Re: For a cooler summer Wed Aug 07, 2013 7:19 am

Beemer Wheeler

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ibjman, this is the humor section of the forum...

Not that it wouldn't work if applied properly, but the aesthetic will suffer, and I need the stowage of my touring bike too much.

Besides, in rainy (normally) Belgium, we have more cold days than warm ones, and the heat in the fairings is welcome most of the year.

A 3 way vane could switch between front and rear radiators, piloted by an ambient T° thermostat...   Wink


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1986 K 100 RT "K-T" short for "Katie" 120.000 Km
   For a cooler summer 2cr0y2r  For a cooler summer 116p8ic
1998 BMW 318i Cabrio
2012 Yamaha YFL 381 (Flute)
2005 Yamaha PSR E-203 (Keyboard Synth).
2012 Yamaha 7 HP outboard engine
"Beemer Wheeler" Certified Brick Aviator since July 2013
Ham radio call sign HA5AH
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5Back to top Go down   For a cooler summer Empty Re: For a cooler summer Wed Aug 07, 2013 7:25 am

Beemer Wheeler

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About heatshields, I would worry they reduce the air flow a bit, ending with the engine running hotter, thus producing more total heat, even if diverted from legs.
The gas tank might start boiling...  
Reminder :  this is still the humor section of the forum.  
What a Face
By heat shields, I presume they are soft covers that stop the air flow on the legs, not insulation at the bottom of the gas tank.



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1986 K 100 RT "K-T" short for "Katie" 120.000 Km
   For a cooler summer 2cr0y2r  For a cooler summer 116p8ic
1998 BMW 318i Cabrio
2012 Yamaha YFL 381 (Flute)
2005 Yamaha PSR E-203 (Keyboard Synth).
2012 Yamaha 7 HP outboard engine
"Beemer Wheeler" Certified Brick Aviator since July 2013
Ham radio call sign HA5AH
http://h2fuel.mobi
    

6Back to top Go down   For a cooler summer Empty Re: For a cooler summer Wed Aug 07, 2013 7:59 am

AL-58

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A guy here in OZ extended the hoses and relocated his radiator on the front of the sidecar body to stop the heat from flowing over his legs.  I dont know how well it worked but the current sidecar is not like that.

Al


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7Back to top Go down   For a cooler summer Empty Re: For a cooler summer Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:12 am

Beemer Wheeler

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He could have filled the sidecar with water the imersed radiator would heat it, and the fan would make a jaccuzzi effect.


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1986 K 100 RT "K-T" short for "Katie" 120.000 Km
   For a cooler summer 2cr0y2r  For a cooler summer 116p8ic
1998 BMW 318i Cabrio
2012 Yamaha YFL 381 (Flute)
2005 Yamaha PSR E-203 (Keyboard Synth).
2012 Yamaha 7 HP outboard engine
"Beemer Wheeler" Certified Brick Aviator since July 2013
Ham radio call sign HA5AH
http://h2fuel.mobi
    

8Back to top Go down   For a cooler summer Empty Re: For a cooler summer Sat Aug 10, 2013 11:22 am

Ghost who rides

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Hey Beemer... can I have some of your meds?


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9Back to top Go down   For a cooler summer Empty Re: For a cooler summer Sat Aug 10, 2013 2:48 pm

Crazy Frog

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Beemer Wheeler wrote:He could have filled the sidecar with water the imersed radiator would heat it, and the fan would make a jaccuzzi effect.
 The English call a sidecar a chair, when the French call it a tub. Now I understand why cheers.
For the Jaccuzzi effect, I think that plumbing the exhaust to the inside of the 'tub' would be more efficient.

Rolling Eyes


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10Back to top Go down   For a cooler summer Empty Re: For a cooler summer Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:57 am

Beemer Wheeler

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Right on CF.
Added benefit the exhaust blowing trough the water will give the zort a boat engine sound. LOL
After a long ride the water will hit boilling point, time to throw some lobsters in for diner.


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1986 K 100 RT "K-T" short for "Katie" 120.000 Km
   For a cooler summer 2cr0y2r  For a cooler summer 116p8ic
1998 BMW 318i Cabrio
2012 Yamaha YFL 381 (Flute)
2005 Yamaha PSR E-203 (Keyboard Synth).
2012 Yamaha 7 HP outboard engine
"Beemer Wheeler" Certified Brick Aviator since July 2013
Ham radio call sign HA5AH
http://h2fuel.mobi
    

11Back to top Go down   For a cooler summer Empty Re: For a cooler summer Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:05 am

Beemer Wheeler

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Ghost who rides wrote:Hey Beemer... can I have some of your meds?
Sure !

Here's my brain doctor clinic :

http://highlife.net/


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1986 K 100 RT "K-T" short for "Katie" 120.000 Km
   For a cooler summer 2cr0y2r  For a cooler summer 116p8ic
1998 BMW 318i Cabrio
2012 Yamaha YFL 381 (Flute)
2005 Yamaha PSR E-203 (Keyboard Synth).
2012 Yamaha 7 HP outboard engine
"Beemer Wheeler" Certified Brick Aviator since July 2013
Ham radio call sign HA5AH
http://h2fuel.mobi
    

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