The fans are rated i.p 55 so unless you are riding through heavy rain they will be ok ( wouldnt need em in the rain anyhow). I powered them up with good old scotch locks ( ha ha ) using the accessories wire which I also use for the 120mm fan behind the rear cylinder. Earthed to the frame. Ran wire conduit along the frame to protect the wiring.

They are set to blow the air through the cooler.

I have the EITMS enabled and yesterday it was around 32 degrees coming back from work, I flicked em on whenever I stopped and normally the EITMS would have kicked in but not once did it come on, even after a couple of minutes at the lights.

I noticed (with some difficulty I might add) that at 80 kmh the air spun the fans too, so maybe that helps too ??

Without any temp gauge or way of checking the difference its all just theory I realise but it appears to work so who knows ?

If you are wondering about clearance to the front guard, it is ok even when you push the front down as hard as I can...I will keep posted how they handle it.

That means I talk shit. Ha ha.

I live in Death Valley and only ride in the height of summer and have made a set of traffic lights that is always red just past my driveway. I sit there for hours with no oil in the bike at all, just idling.

Bike does not even get warm.

Go figure,

This must ring true because look at the m8 motors which have oil and coolant running through them. If they didnt could you imagine the head temps which would lead to valve seats near on melting and the knock on effects.

I ran my Evo turbo in full summer for years with no heat problems (providing it was fuled correctly - ie ran a little rich)

Carby bikes, well I dunno, the two carby Harley's I've owned never gave me any trouble, they were an Evo sporty and an 01 twin cam, the twin cam came out as an 88", mine was a 103" 120/120 get up, had adjustable ignition but I never played with it as it had been set up by the builder, had that when I lived in MacKay, sporty was in Kalgoorlie mostly but did reside in MacKay for awhile, I've spent the last 18 years in Townsville, 2x injected twin cams here, the 06 wideglide used to ping under load from new! Once I got my head around the software available and how to road tune I got it sorted, actually got a dyno bloke to tune that bike when first changed the filter and mufflers, he did sweet fa as I found out later, that was back in the PCIIIUSB days, both my EFI twincams have/had many different cams through them over the years, no stranger to heat, warmer climates are my thing it seems.