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After seeing 340 degrees oil temp in traffic I have made it my next mission to get this thing to run a bit cooler.
I contacted Jagg about adding a second radiator to their system. They assured me that as long as I was using their system it would be ok to add a radiator to the right side.
Yesterday afternoon it arrived.
It was a pretty easy install since I already had the offset filter adapter installed. Just need to attach the radiator and then do a bit of plumbing.
Radiator in place
A bit of hose routing.
Completed.
After I got it completed I went for a bit of a ride today. It was around 80 today and I had a mix of country riding and city riding. It ran about the same temp. 270-290 in country riding depending on what I was doing. It got to about 330 in stop and go traffic. The big difference was how quickly the temp dropped once I got moving again compared to what it did with one radiator. Once I got air moving through it the temps were down about 4 degrees almost instantly and continued to drop as long as I had air moving. When it was just a single radiator it would take longer to cool.
Overall I'm happy with the improvement the second radiator made. I expected better cooling and that's what I got. With that said I do have a set of Wards Fans on order. No idea when they will show since they have been back ordered for most of the summer.
Today I also came up with a new plan for the front end. Originally I was going to use an inverted front end that I had left over from one of my race bikes. Due to costs it would be to make that parts I needed to make it function and look good I've decided to move away from that. Now the plan is to go with the Ktech Tracker cartridges. They are made to go into the Harley forks with just a small modification. They should function the same as the inverted forks I have. They have adjustable preload, compression and rebound. It should also be easier and cheaper to go the dual disc route since I wont have to have complex one off parts made. I should be able to go all Harley. Stay tuned for this. Will probably happen closer to the end of the season or over winter.