| Author | Message | ||
     Windrider |
The wife and I took a little trip up through Idaho, Montana, and Glacier National Park on the Uly this July. It was a truly epic journey for me. Here is the link from Adventure Rider: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25 3088 Beware, MANY pics. It takes a few minutes to load. Here are a few preview images.      | ||
| Camp_13 |
Awesome pictures! How are the caribou cases with a passenger? Do the corners of the cases rub the back of passenger's legs at all? | ||
| Camp_13 |
Just checked out your posts at advrider, amazing trip! | ||
| Stevenknapp |
Wow, what an amazing trip! I'm very sorry to hear about your brother. FYI, if they are still dinking with your rear shock, just pull it and send it to trackside. Get it rebuilt for $100 and be done. | ||
| Windrider |
Camp, No, the caribou cases clear the passenger legs just fine. SteveKnapp, Thanks for the tip. I may just do that but I am weary of paying for warranty items. | ||
| Tankhead |
Windrider, I just finished your report and I must say that the report was wonderful. The pics were incredible. I hope all is well with your family. The passing of your brother is something I can only hope you are coming to terms with. Great job again. About the Buell, I noticed you have the right side air scoop. Did that have a positive effect on the fan running less? No rush with the response. tanks for the report I really appreciated reading it. | ||
| Windrider |
Tankhead, Thanks for the kind comments. Yes, I did the run the Right Side Scoop (RSS) during and before the trip. It does make the fan run less overall but I have since removed it and gone back to the Buell setup. Disclaimer: Nothing inflames Buellers as much as the RSS. The following thoughts are my own unproven and unscientific interpretations of cooling efficiency with and without the RSS. I liked the RSS for commuting as my commute is mostly cooler weather road speed riding. I liked the RSS for short jaunts around town. The RSS will allow a lot of heat to escape out the front if you are idling and this keeps the engine cooler and the fan off. However, once the fan comes on, it pretty much stays on in hot weather with or without the RSS. And that is the rub for me. My impression is that the RSS cuts down on air flow and cooling efficiency once the fan goes on because the fan can not move as much air across the heads as it can with the stock system. I think that this is due to the larger opening creating a slower flow rate for the cooling air (the same effect of putting water or air through a larger diameter pipe). This effect is apparent by feeling the air flow behind the fan on a RSS equipped bike and a non RSS equipped bike... the air hits your hand with more force on a stock bike. In summary, IMHO, without any scientific data, I feel like the stock setup keeps the engine and rider cooler in hot weather. In warm weather (up to 80 degrees) I liked the RSS better overall. In hot weather, I think that Buell did their homework on this design and it actually works better in stock trim due to the increased air flow from the cooling fan. Once the fan does come on, I think that the stock setup works better and the fan always comes on eventually. In the 100 + degree temps during the trip to Glacier the fan pretty much ran all the time once we were rolling with the RSS installed. One other observation was that my oil change plug gaskets were krinkled up after my first oil change with the RSS installed and just before the trip. That never happened with the stock setup and perhaps indicates that the engine oil was running hotter with the RSS? I wanted to make some oil temp measurements but I don't have the tooling, time or inclination any more to mess with it. If anyone wants to do some scientific testing with my RSS and prove or disprove my claims let me know and I will send it to you. | ||
| Wesman |
WR....Thanks for helping me make to 5:00 on a boring Friday with a great and touching story. Your brother appears quite robust for a fella with MD. I hope he had a full life. My thoughts are with you and your family. Wes | ||
| Electraglider_1997 |
Are you the next door neighbor from that show "Home Improvement" with Tim Allen. Never saw that guy's entire mug either. | ||
| Windrider |
Wesman, Glad I could help with your boring Friday problem and yes, my brother was an amazing guy. Most with his physical problems would have been happy to just say "I can't do that" but it never occurred to my Bro. Working on combines can involve a lot of physical strength at times which is something that he simply did not have. He got around these limitations with the ingenious use of levers, bars, and self designed tools that he fabbed up in the shop. He could barely walk but he would NOT have anything to do with a handicapped parking permit. E'Glider, Sorry about the disappearing pics. I passed my Bandwidth allotment on Photobucket. A few bucks are tossed into the photobucket and all is well again. Enjoy the pics. |
