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Silverfox
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Posted: Sun Mar 5th, 2006 03:55 pm | 1st Post |
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| Surely, Mother Honda could extract some serious heat and make those vents effective. Every rag top car seems to have pretty good heating, how come not on a bike like the Wing? Heated grips and seats are all very well and nice, but blown heat would be more useful.
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wexy
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Posted: Mon Mar 6th, 2006 12:11 pm | 2nd Post |
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This is a motorbike  ,,Whatever happened to "wind in my face" freedom on 2 wheels etc etc etc ,,So come on ya wimp ,,Put more clothes on  Ciaran
Mind you ,could do with a bit of heat on my legs
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Night Flyer
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Posted: Tue Apr 25th, 2006 12:11 am | 3rd Post |
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Hi Pete,
Here is a little blow by blow of how I did it on my 1500, but will work on all of the Wings with fans.
And of course, if you duct tape the fan vents on either side closed, the air will be even more forceful out the heater vents and it will not overheat. Just use Black or white duct tape, not tacky silver......unless you have a silver wing......
I saw a vent cover once that you could buy to put over those vents, that will blow the air back towards you too, but don't remember where I saw those.
But the fans still need to be running for those covers to work too!
Here we go:
Basically, look on the bottom of the left radiator at the thermostatic heat sensor unit.
It's under the front plastic panel in the middle, at the bottom front of the bike.
Pull the stock connector with wire off the thermostat. It just pulls off.
There is a hole in the blade of the thermostat connector.
Strip about 1/2 inch of insulation off your new wire, and put it in the hole on the thermostat and fold it towards the base of it.
I used 26 guage wire, but you could use even smaller wire, since this is a very low amperage stock setup, and the fans turn on via a solenoid, not the wire on the thermostat.
Then push the stock connector back on over the new wire.
String that new wire up into the left glove compartment and zip tie it so it won't drop down.
I drilled a 1/4" hole in the plastic near the handle bar (its the radio shroud).
Then solder 2 (18" long) wires onto the small radio shack toggle switch (SPST Miniature) and install the switch in the hole so forward is on....like "Go Forward"
Then I strung those 2 switch wires into the glove compartment. Run one to the cigarette lighter ground. It doesn't matter which one.
(You can ground it anywhere too, if you do not have a 12v receptical)
I used a wire nut to wire the other end to that new wire coming from the thermostat, and also used a wirenut in between the ground wire.
(That way, if you have to pull the radio plastic off, those wires can be easily disconnected.
Then screw the plastic glove tray back into the left side.
That's it.
How it works.
The thermostat grounds itself at it's set temperature, so that is why it has only one wire in the first place.
When the thermostat reaches its set temperature, it grounds itself, throws the solenoid, and the fans turn on.
That is exactly what the switch does...grounds the thermostat, the solenoid activates and the fans come on.
When you switch the fans off with the switch, the thermostat still functions absolutely perfectly for that same reason.
It's easier than it sounds. Hope that helps.
I'll take a picture when I get home from work tonight and will post it.
Attachment: ThermostatBiPassSW (Large).JPG (Downloaded 158 times) Last edited on Sun May 21st, 2006 06:41 pm by Night Flyer
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