Parade type heating

[tri glider]

I was on PGR mission yesterday, picking up the young KIA at the airport and taking him to the funeral home. It was a 9 mile ride at speeds no more than 12mph. My triglide and most all the Harleys didn't like the slow speeds. Is there any way to help cool these engines at slow speeds? Thks

[1550vt]

The police run parade fans. Don't waste your money with the Lenale fan...it's just a computer fan in an expensive horn housing. But, all the parade fan is going to do is blow the hot air on your right leg. It will help the motor, but you won't feel much better.

[Gorilla]

The police run parade fans. Don't waste your money with the Lenale fan...it's just a computer fan in an expensive horn housing. But, all the parade fan is going to do is blow the hot air on your right leg. It will help the motor, but you won't feel much better.

might suggest that cool fan that cools the oil cooler. I don't have theirs but a similiar setup. I also use a fan where the horn was. I have them both on the same accessory switch. It seems to help alot.

[Boom]

You can add the fans, Lenale and oil cooler, and use a good synthetic oil. Bottom line is, you are still going to have the hot air on your right leg and EITMS will most likely still kick in, but not as often. Depends a lot on how hot outside temp is. Cheap fix: keep your right leg up on a highway peg and use front brake only since you will be at slow speeds. No joke intended.

[1550vt]

Not funny Boom...I agree. The heat is going someplace no matter what you do. I keep my right leg propped-up a lot in traffic jams....sometimes both legs like when I am acting like an idiot riding around down in Key West in Bermuda shorts on this trike.

I tried the Lenale fan and found it to be a joke. I returned it to Leonard and asked him to check this thing out as I thought something was wrong with it....a "leaf-blower" it was not.
Leonard told me it was working fine. I still think something was wrong with it, but he returned my money anyway.

[tri glider]

I'm using Harley syn oil. It took 1 hr to run the 9 miles, I kept looking at the low oil pressure and wondering if it was hurting my engine. I hate to give up the PGR rides, but I don't think I'll do another long slow one. Thks

[Southern Man]

Overall Tri-Glide owners would not be very good spokspersons for the motorcycle company.

[Boom]

I'm using Harley syn oil. It took 1 hr to run the 9 miles, I kept looking at the low oil pressure and wondering if it was hurting my engine. I hate to give up the PGR rides, but I don't think I'll do another long slow one. Thks

Keep up the the great volunteer work! I think your engine will be OK.

[msocko3]

Overall Tri-Glide owners would not be very good spokspersons for the motorcycle company.

Sad, but true. I know there are about 10 or so folks that are looking at other options after they learned about the heat & associated cost involved to work on mitigating some of it.

[sarge7882]

I also completed a PGR mission this week. We escorted a fallen Marine approx 20 miles and I never got out of 2nd gear. I was very happy the temps were in the 60s that morning. Otherwise, I don't think my trike would have made it. I hate to think what the missions will be like next summer. But I can promise you, I will NOT stop participating in PGR missions.

[tri glider]

The temp was in the 70's on my long ride, I'm sure glad it was'nt in 90's. I have developed a slow oil leak from a couple of freeze type plugs that are right behind the oil cooler. My HD dealer will fix it next Fri.