Any pictures of the baker wings installed?
100 mile ride in 80 degree wx, envine heat on legs and crotch verified.
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Get yourself some mylar bubble wrap and line the underside of the riders seat with a double layer. Works for me. My experience is most of the felt hear comes from this area.
Believe it or not, my old VFR 800 put out more heat in traffic than the ST.
IMHO Baker Wings are butt-ugly. Also, I have an aversion to drilling holes in fairing pieces or removing them. They are there for a reason.
Believe it or not, my old VFR 800 put out more heat in traffic than the ST.
IMHO Baker Wings are butt-ugly. Also, I have an aversion to drilling holes in fairing pieces or removing them. They are there for a reason.
Something like this...
I would think this stuff would melt.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Reflectix-16-in-x-25-ft-Double-Reflective-Insulation-with-Staple-Tab-ST16025/100012574
I would think this stuff would melt.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Reflectix-16-in-x-25-ft-Double-Reflective-Insulation-with-Staple-Tab-ST16025/100012574
I found the Baker Wings, they are ugly. Cooler or not, those won't be going on my bike.
That's it. Mine has been there for years. Rode through Kansas in 106 degrees last summer. it sucked, but sucked less with the mylar.
Be advised this stuff is conductive.
Be advised this stuff is conductive.
Some say that ceramic coating headers help about 40%....I don't know... mine is border line on needing an intervention or not. I may get the headers done...seems to make sense at least...
Good to know. Thanks.
While the heat doesn't bother me, I was toying with using header wrap. Mainly because when I was working on the bike and had it running with the fairings off, in the garage, I saw how hot the headers get, they were glowing. Granted, this was static with no airflow to cool them, but dang!
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So you want to wrap them and contain the heat, and make them hotter?
Since you say it like that, it does seem kind of weird. But yes, it does actually work......So you want to wrap them and contain the heat, and make them hotter?
It does but it can be damaging to the headers. I'd lean towards internal ceramic coating. More expensive but probably a better solution. The cat could be a problem though.Ozzie said:
mlheck
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I've had mine wrapped for about 6 years with no issues so far. It did help some with the heat issue.
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Switch to diesel oil , run a cooler plug, do a TB Sync.
Leave the foil for baking stuff and the hole damage for rodents.
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I can ride my bike in 113 degree temps with short cargo pants, ankle socks, and sneakers, and don't have enough heat to complain about.
Leave the foil for baking stuff and the hole damage for rodents.
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I can ride my bike in 113 degree temps with short cargo pants, ankle socks, and sneakers, and don't have enough heat to complain about.
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The very few times I have worn jeans, the heat blasts through. With riding pants, no problem. My $.02.
Greg
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I have seen a couple of posts about the Deflector Kits not being available in the USA, but I checked with my local Honda Dealer and they said they are still available but back ordered until the end of May. They are more expensive up here but with the 35 % exchange rate you would save a lot of money. ( relatively speaking ) Both Kits are about $500 total CDN less the exchange rate.
Not counting shipping and possible import duties that's about what both sets would cost here in US$ or maybe a little more.
ST_Jim
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I've kind of found the same thing. I typically am wearing mesh overpants over jeans. I find the normal waterproof overpants too hot - retaining too much moisture. But the last few hot trips I've been wearing mesh over shorts - and that was getting literally painful at +100F temperatures. So I took to wrapping aluminized bubble insulation around my shins - did wonders!
So I think I need to rethink my hot weather riding gear.
I have done the Don Ferraro's fix. It has worked for in our Southeast WI weather. Could of used that in April and early May this year. Try it, you always rip the foil off again. The stuff is cheap. As far as cutting away a portion of the inner upper cowls, so what. It brings cooler air into the engine area. I tried just drilling holes at first. Not as effective as doing the cutout as Don had did.