Just bought a new 2016 tri glide, and it is almost unbearable hot to ride. What is the best way to cool it down?

 

Where is the heat coming from that bothers you the most?

 

Most of it is on the right leg, I think it is from the exhaust.

 

I'm not sure there's an easy answer for you. My regular riding buddy has a Tri-Glide. The heat comes from two major sources:

1. This is an air-cooled engine. The engine cools itself by radiating heat from (primarily) the fins on the cylinders. They are between your legs. You can buy a kind of shield that goes under the seat and helps to keep the hot air from roasting your important parts.

2. The EPA mandates a catalytic converter on these engines in order to meet air pollution requirements. The cat is in the head pipe just below your right foot. The interior of this part of the exhaust pipe is red hot when the engine is running. That's why many, many riders change the stock exhaust to an aftermarket exhaust without the cat. Makes a huge difference.

You'll love the trike, by the way! After riding with a couple of guys who can more than keep up, I'm actually kinda looking forward to it!

Believe it or not, when you take the state of Idaho's Trike/Sidecar class, they actually teach you how to drift around corners. Sweet!

 

First question I gotta ask .......... Are the vents in the lowers open ?

 

found the vents on the second ride, that did make some difference.

 

Most of what you're getting is from the exhaust, if you haven't read this thread https://www.hdforums.com/forum/tri-g...eat-a-b-c.html, it has a lot of good and still applicable information.

 

Are you letting your right leg hang down off the floorboard when riding or at stops ?

 

Kill the Cat !

 

Shiney set to go all cooled off Power Vision is my choice.


There is a long list of things that can be done some large some small I love the changes I have made. a good tuner which ever you choose would be a great start. A great goup of people more than will to help on these threads spend time reading stickies. Ask questions I'm sure you will get a volume of help. good luck and enjoy fearless