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Drawkward
| Posted on Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 02:59 pm: |
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Sportster: There has been some talk on another forum of figuring out a way to do that, but keeping the headlights. A couple of us have ridden without the inner airbox lid finding that the increased air flow has given real "seat of the pants dyno" gains below 120mph. I can personally attest that over 130mph, the ram air effect makes a huge difference in power. I'll be looking into ways to better the stock config soon. That pic kinda scares me, hahaha. (Also interesting are the radiator cutouts...better cooling I assume???) |
Kirb
| Posted on Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 03:25 pm: |
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Those radiator pod cuts suggest a re-worked pod-box with reversed airflow. If not, the cooling would suck. |
Drawkward
| Posted on Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 04:03 pm: |
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So...what if the airflow was reversed...simply by reversing the fan polarity and cutting up the pod? Better cooling? (Message edited by drawkward on April 15, 2010) |
Sportster_mann
| Posted on Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 05:02 pm: |
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Drawkward, can't comment on if reversing the airflow will improve cooling - but it could well improve the engine running as less warm air will be drawn into the airbox. |
Anonymous
| Posted on Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 09:02 pm: |
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Just a note on a comment above. The rads have been forward facing since the 1125RR, but they are split, not front mounted. It is not possible to fit a radiator between the headers and the front tire at full compression. |
Jens
| Posted on Friday, April 16, 2010 - 05:16 pm: |
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Videos and pics direct from the track today: http://twitter.com/pegasusraceteam Jens |
Mountainstorm
| Posted on Saturday, April 17, 2010 - 10:31 am: |
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Aaaagh not Quick Time. Sure is great to see that machine from so many angles. Thanks for all the pictures. |
Xoptimizedrsx
| Posted on Saturday, April 17, 2010 - 05:50 pm: |
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http://www.pegasusraceteam.com/html/buell_1190_rr- b_superbike_2010.html here are good pics... |
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