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Jun 16, 2009 | 08:02 PM

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Remember it is an AIR COOLED engine, it is gonna generate some heat when it is sitting still or you are riding in heavy traffic.

Jun 16, 2009 | 11:33 PM

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Zacharia_11

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Originally Posted by jimmers1817

Spend all the money you want but don't expect dramatic cooling results from anything you do to your bike. Get used to the heat.

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+1 bike is hot when sitting. You can get marginal benifts from these suggestions, but going from 250 to 225 for example aint going to help the heat on your leg.

Jun 17, 2009 | 12:00 AM

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Cheesecake

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as other have said... it's the nature of the Beast....

I ran Xieds for a while and was pleased with the results...

Jun 17, 2009 | 07:08 AM

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i put 330 ohm resistors in place of the 02 sensors 3 days after i bought it. it was too hot to ride. that cools it down to where you can touch the rocker cover and the heat shields.
i did this until i had the funds for a fuel management

Jun 17, 2009 | 08:37 AM

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Thanks for the input. Coming off an 05 Sporty it just felt a lot hotter then the sporty ever did and now I understand why. I just got finished reading the "XIED are the worth it?" thread and for a cheap upgrade they seem to do the trick. The AC and Exhaust upgrades were already planned I just need to wait until the budget will allow.

Jun 17, 2009 | 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by WildBill_50

Thanks for the input. Coming off an 05 Sporty it just felt a lot hotter then the sporty ever did and now I understand why. I just got finished reading the "XIED are the worth it?" thread and for a cheap upgrade they seem to do the trick. The AC and Exhaust upgrades were already planned I just need to wait until the budget will allow.

So some say. And some say otherwise. Suppose you'll have get them and decide for yourself.

If you want to do some more reading on the subject get yourself some popcorn and read through these 3000+ posts on the subject:
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/elect...ield-test.html

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Jun 17, 2009 | 12:13 PM

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Or just get you the Xied's , save yourself alot of readin and start riding more!!

Jun 17, 2009 | 04:15 PM

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hellfish

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Stage 1 upgrade will cool it down. I had the same issue with my 09 Heritage. While saving up for full stage 1, I installed the Kuryakyn heat shields. That solved the issue. Once I got Stage 1, I removed heat shields and have been ok.

Keep in mind, it's still hot ...just not getting 'actual burns' hot.

Last edited by hellfish; Jun 17, 2009 at 04:17 PM.