Looking ahead to Summer riding
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Looking ahead to Summer riding
This will be our first summer with an Ultra. We normally ride two up and wondered what is recommended for keeping cool while riding during the heat of the summer. Do the adjustable fairing deflectors make a big difference, which kind? Any other recommendations? Last couple of bikes were water cooled and need to make sure the wife enjoys riding? Appreciate your experience and advice.
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RE: Looking ahead to Summer riding
You will find the fairing lowers very helpful in this regard, as they open up to send some cooling air to the motor (and your legs). You can take them right off if you like, but I have found that keeping them on and opening the vent actually works better (plus you can close them at night when it cools down).
That said, the bike will run a bit hot, and you will notice this at stop lights, and in stop and go traffic. The good news is that your wife will not notice it much...you will bear the brunt!!!
Don't trade safety for comfort...if it's too hot for leather, there are a lot of great textile jackets out there (i.e. Joe Rocket, etc) that offer superior protection with a lot less weight and heat retention.
Congrats on your Ultra. You and your wife will love it 2-up. A truly superior machine.
That said, the bike will run a bit hot, and you will notice this at stop lights, and in stop and go traffic. The good news is that your wife will not notice it much...you will bear the brunt!!!
Don't trade safety for comfort...if it's too hot for leather, there are a lot of great textile jackets out there (i.e. Joe Rocket, etc) that offer superior protection with a lot less weight and heat retention.
Congrats on your Ultra. You and your wife will love it 2-up. A truly superior machine.
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From: Tampa Bay area, FL
RE: Looking ahead to Summer riding
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You will find the fairing lowers very helpful in this regard, as they open up to send some cooling air to the motor (and your legs). You can take them right off if you like, but I have found that keeping them on and opening the vent actually works better (plus you can close them at night when it cools down).
That said, the bike will run a bit hot, and you will notice this at stop lights, and in stop and go traffic. The good news is that your wife will not notice it much...you will bear the brunt!!!
Don't trade safety for comfort...if it's too hot for leather, there are a lot of great textile jackets out there (i.e. Joe Rocket, etc) that offer superior protection with a lot less weight and heat retention.
Congrats on your Ultra. You and your wife will love it 2-up. A truly superior machine.
You will find the fairing lowers very helpful in this regard, as they open up to send some cooling air to the motor (and your legs). You can take them right off if you like, but I have found that keeping them on and opening the vent actually works better (plus you can close them at night when it cools down).
That said, the bike will run a bit hot, and you will notice this at stop lights, and in stop and go traffic. The good news is that your wife will not notice it much...you will bear the brunt!!!
Don't trade safety for comfort...if it's too hot for leather, there are a lot of great textile jackets out there (i.e. Joe Rocket, etc) that offer superior protection with a lot less weight and heat retention.
Congrats on your Ultra. You and your wife will love it 2-up. A truly superior machine.
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RE: Looking ahead to Summer riding
These are what we use on our 05 Ultra - look great and really make a BIG difference in rider comfort/temperature/cooling.
http://www.kuryakyn.com/products.asp?bn=harley&ci=3351
Heck, when we were in those extremely hot months in the seventies here in Wisconsin last summer, it felt like forties with the wings open
Dave H. (my SO would never ride around in her birthday suit!!!)
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