HOT bike

[TLRam1]

Find a thermostat and we can update the info Scott.

If all is right with the bike, you need nothing extra and will never see the temp light other than start-ups.

I can pull the info back off the FAQ or leave it depending what others think.

[v4_jeff]

Hey Scott, you back yet? How did the ride go? Any cooling issues?

[hop along]

Yep, I'm back. 
During the ride my HID kit failed (not sure if it was the ballast or bulb, but there is a lifetime warranty on both.  Didn't have another ballast/bulb to check which was the bad part and continuity testing the bulb doesn't really work-so I've been made to understand).  I was able to use my auxiliary lights (once I replaced the partly melted fuse holder....) and restore the wiring to the stock H4 bulb in an AutoZone Parking lot in SE Pennsylvania.

It seems my 6 month old Regulator/Rectifier failed.  My New-at-MOOTMaG battery was nearly fried dry.  I was able to nurse it back nearly 1,700 miles to OK.  We did come up with a new trick... slowly pour water onto the textured side of a zip tie, with the zip tie end sitting at the top of the battery fill holes (easier than the nasal spray bottle trick!  and clean!)

Oh, and while the bike still seems hot the cooling system was effective enough to keep things happy, except for the stop-and-go traffic and dead-stop construction zones I ran into.

This included a Saddlesore 1000 last Saturday from Ohio to Oklahoma.

Haven't had time to look more into thermostat yet.  Big list of things to do at home :-/

Scott

[Brad Badgett]

Have noticed that the rad fan hasn't been coming on the last three summers during in-town riding.  Checked the fan by grounding, fan is OK.  Ordered/ installed a new temp. fan switch.  Fan has not come on yet, but maybe need hotter temps, only high 90's.  Will monitor.

Brad Badgett
OK Region
MOOT #164
1996 VF750C

[lragan]

It is rare when my fan comes on.  It has happened, after a long ride on a very hot day, and sitting at idle for what must have been an interminable red light.  I was really annoyed at sitting still in the heat for that long, and glad to get moving to get some air through my jacket...

[Brad Badgett]

Doing stop-go riding in Norman, air temp 90's, fan came on at a long light.  I'm happy.  New switch is working.

Brad Badgett
OK Region

[hop along]

Hey guys, remember that time when I started this post?

I just found the connector to the fan switch is intermittent... sometimes it works by itself, sometimes I have to hold it just right.

FWIW my aftermarket highway bars (I'm not sure of the brand but I rarely seen them on other Magnas) makes the wire coming out of the connector make an awkward bend. 

The first TWO times I tested by paperclip to force the fan to come on it was fine.

This time while changing coolant I tested again and found it to be intermittent.

(SIGH)

Hopefully it will make as big a difference actually coming on all the time as I hope it will.

Hop Along

[TLRam1]

Thanks for the follow up.