Had my switch go bad, was stuck in traffic and had the temp gage going up near the red zone before I could pull over safely and shut her down. Fan wasn't running, puked a little coolant from the recovery bottle, maybe an ounce or two.
Let the bike cool down for a half an hour, traffic cleared up so I finished the last 5 miles of my commute home at normal speed and with temp gage at or below half.
Got home and found the two wires attached to the fan switch on the radiator, through the large vent on the left mid fairing. Got a short piece of wire and shorted out the switch, fan kicked on, so bad switch.
Since Napa is close by to me, I picked the Echlin FS130 switch from the Concours spare part listing.
Pulled fairing and got her installed pretty quick without any incidents.
Fired bike up and let her idle for 10 minutes or so, waiting for temp gage to go up to around halfway to make sure fan kicks on, another 5 minutes, temp gage is less than 1/4" off of that small area on the left part of the gage, cold section?. Anyways she doesn't want to go any higher, I checked the radiator after replacing the switch with the old plug the hole with your finger after old switch removal, then install new switch, so I don't think the coolant is low. Finally killed the engine and the fan was running!
So now I have a switch that kicks fan on just off the cold zone, I guess my chances of overheating are slim to none. Thoughts about having the fan running more?
Just wanted to let everyone know about the lower temp kick on point of the Echlin switch, I think they spec it out at @191-198 on, @182-189F off.
Let the bike cool down for a half an hour, traffic cleared up so I finished the last 5 miles of my commute home at normal speed and with temp gage at or below half.
Got home and found the two wires attached to the fan switch on the radiator, through the large vent on the left mid fairing. Got a short piece of wire and shorted out the switch, fan kicked on, so bad switch.
Since Napa is close by to me, I picked the Echlin FS130 switch from the Concours spare part listing.
Pulled fairing and got her installed pretty quick without any incidents.
Fired bike up and let her idle for 10 minutes or so, waiting for temp gage to go up to around halfway to make sure fan kicks on, another 5 minutes, temp gage is less than 1/4" off of that small area on the left part of the gage, cold section?. Anyways she doesn't want to go any higher, I checked the radiator after replacing the switch with the old plug the hole with your finger after old switch removal, then install new switch, so I don't think the coolant is low. Finally killed the engine and the fan was running!
So now I have a switch that kicks fan on just off the cold zone, I guess my chances of overheating are slim to none. Thoughts about having the fan running more?
Just wanted to let everyone know about the lower temp kick on point of the Echlin switch, I think they spec it out at @191-198 on, @182-189F off.