Heading across South Dakota with 100 degree temps soon... No need to get fancy...
Redneck nut cooler
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Hey Ltimb:that looks pretty good! :bow1: Is it very effective?
Awesome. Just awesome...
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Tank and, more important, the jewels stay at prevailing atmospheric temperature....
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Front view
Ingenious! And I bet you can turn the dark into the light with all those lights....
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You really should add some accessory lighting, too.....
Whoa!!! Where can i get my hands on that light bar?!??!!? Seriously!
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Holy crappola - are you SURE you have enough lights on that thing? No wonder you need the nut coolers - you're heating up the planet in front of you.
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Add a couple more on the shocks for good looks
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Really though - do you have parts list for the Redneck Nut Coolers?
The particular part is that very cool scoop thingy in front! Wheredja get that?
The particular part is that very cool scoop thingy in front! Wheredja get that?
The "scoop" looks like an attachment from a shop vac.
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Menards. Shop Vac vacuum nozzle. and truck radiator hose...
Do you have an opening into your pant leg for the high end of the pipe? Have you tried this out? Since my bike exhausts a lot of its heat behind the radiator (through that grill near the intake scoop of your 'air conditioner') might you be scooping up HOT air? And will you end up with dry roasted nuts?
With all this talk about family jewels, remember that diamonds are just pure carbon and will burn if you get them hot enough.
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Tried and tested. It's far enough forward that it takes in clean air (No heat from radiator).. And all I want it to do is keep the tank cool and provide a nice flow of air around my thighs, to which it does
That's awesome, I've thought of doing something similar but you've simplified it.
I like the nut cooler. I have been thinking of something I could do similarly. Now I have more ideas to work on for a solution. Thanks!
My last trip I bought a bag of ice at a fuel stop and sat it on the seat with a towel over it. It lasted the next several hours before it all melted with me riding on top of it.
My last trip I bought a bag of ice at a fuel stop and sat it on the seat with a towel over it. It lasted the next several hours before it all melted with me riding on top of it.
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OK TLimb - I've studied this and it IS brilliant, plus it looks cool. I'm off to get a couple of shop-vac nozzles and some hose tomorrow (I've already got the Panduit zip-ties).
Thanks!
Pete
PS: I'm not so sure about the 12.7 MW auxiliary lighting though. I suspect the local LEOs might get excited about that.
Thanks!
Pete
PS: I'm not so sure about the 12.7 MW auxiliary lighting though. I suspect the local LEOs might get excited about that.