| Author | Message | ||
     Ourdee |
Froggy, welcome to the hot-legs club. HEAT SHIELD: 1. There was one spot on my thigh that got intense heat. Just a little spot but a lot of heat. So I sat on the bike with my knees squeezed in. I put my hand between that spot and the bike. I kept my hand on the bike as I dismounted. I took the seat off to see where that heat was coming from. There it was, I could see the header where it attached to the rear cylinder. 2. I had looked at some of the heat blankets offered through a sponsor on here. I just did not like the idea of throwing such a large cover inside where I wanted the air to flow freely. So I took a slightly different tact. 3.I had previously put this tape under my seat  4.I thought that i could put it on some thin material that had kevlar fiber in it and use that to make a small shield to redirect the heat.  5.I taped it to the inside of the frame rail with the metal tape on the under side.  6.And used black electrical tape on the outside to keep it from showing through the gap at the seat.  This stopped the intense heat spot on my thigh. I now notice some heat on my calf from the header. I believe it is radiant heat, and am debating putting a small shield between my calf and the rear of the header. I've ran this set-up for a thousand miles so far and am very happy with it. | ||
| Itileman |
I couldn't tell from the pix, but do you have the small heat shield that fits under the seat at the frame? I have them and they keep the heat from blowing on my thigh. As another note, I had been running a heat shield off my old Road King on the rear header pipe. Took it off this week and haven't really noticed any difference. Chromeless again. | ||
| Ourdee |
Yes, I have the 2 plastic inserts, one on each side since new. I can live with it now. | ||
| Froggy |
I will just stick to not keeping my leg 2.5" from the header  Worked for the last 40k miles  | ||
| Ourdee |
Froggy, Is that you playing the piano on Nipsey's bike?   | ||
| Trevd |
Looks like a great idea... and something I will probably do if the intense heat continues for me after break-in. Ourdee, where did you get the kevlar stuff? and what kind of tape is that? | ||
| Ourdee |
Trevd, PM me your address and I'll mail you a piece of the cloth. I cut it out of part of some worn out clothing I had. The tape is a roll I've had around so long I don't know where I got it. It is like a thick foil with a sticky back. | ||
| Buellsrule |
pm'd with my address. please send piece. thanks, br. | ||
| Glenn |
I made up one using chicken wire and HVAC duct tape. It works very well and has held up well. http://www.badweatherbikers.com/cgibin/discus/show .cgi?tpc=142838&post=1205392#POST1205392 | ||
| Ourdee |
Frank, I put a piece in the mailbox. Glenn, That is a great looking one that you did. Did you tape the bottom edge to the rail from inside? | ||
| Glenn |
Ourdee, No I didn't have to. When the seat is in place it pushes it against the frame rail. The last pic shows this. The screen is good since it retains its shape and "spring". BTW I do have the Thermotec on the inside of the front and right side rails. |
