Personally, I would rather see the engine. Just my opinion.
Oh yea for sure. But if you are stuck in traffic might be nice. I know I use my Lenale at long lites in Florida. Just kinda makes my legs a little less hot since the hot air moves, instead of radiating into your inner thigh. Plus the previous owner of my bike actually had the CPK sensor blow on him sitting stationary in the Easter Parade and had to have it towed in. I'm just curious about their price and noise factor. My lenale sounds kinda like a Huey helicopter turbine when it first starts (if you've ever heard that). If the engine is not running you can definitely hear it. With the V&H's not so much.
Nice lookin' springer! The fans would have to grow on me alittle while. Almost look like eyeballs. Now if someone could make a combination horn/fan combo, that might work better...and look better too.
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You ever see where I mounted my Horn wilks? I think it is barely visible (least on a Black bike) but then I'm a little different that most folks, so you might not like it.
Me to... What benefit would it be to just blow hot air on one side of cylinders? I would bet that the temp may even increase on the right side. The heat dissipation from the engine has to happen somewhere and wonder if it increased on opposite side... Harley's are made for Police duty which ends up in alot of parading type situations, and do not come with a fan. I have never seen a city Police bike with a fan.
As far as the need for fans is an age old argument which is has been covered to exhaustion elsewhere. But as far as physics are concerned, blowing air across the fins WILL cool the jugs. The fan on your lawn mower blows air on one side of the jugs too. It would be impossible to blow air from both sides or it would cancel and be no movement. There is no way this would cause the temp to increase on the other side, I don't quite follow that logic.
Test have been done (and posted on this forum and others) that shows the Lenale fan keeps the HD engine from entering heat mode. So it does cool.
bet that sucks up lotta juice too
That's a very good question and as yet I don't know the answer since they have no website or email yet that I can find. I only know of them from this guy that bought the fans from a booth at Octoberfest. I'm gonna send him a PM and ask what he paid for them.
My Lenale has to draw less than 7amps since I have a 7 amp fuse on it. But I imagine it draws much less than that since it only has like a 18 gauge wire going to it. Hoople has a Lenale and he's the expert on electrical data he might could tell you bout the Lenale.
Again I only use this thing when stopped. That is it's sole use. I also have an oil cooler (I'm a gadget guy) but if I had to choose between having just one of them, it would be the fan since it cools at the heads where all the heat is.
Anyhow just thought I would throw this up in case anyone cared to see it.
