cooling fan

After dealing with my overheating 2002 R1150 GSA during the eclipse traffic last spring, I’ve been noodling on how to add auxiliary radiator fans. In August I tested using two 60x60x25mm fans on an idling/still bike, and got good results. Post in thread 'Air/oil cooled camhead oil cooler fan'...

Last year while sitting in a 4 mile long backed up mess trying to get into the Valley of Fire state park, the motor was getting too hot for my liking and I'd have to pull off to the side, shut down and give it 20 minutes to cool down some. Then move through the line to where my brother with his...

To repair or replace the cooling fan motor? I've narrowed down the new "noise" on my 85 K100 RT to the cooling fan. I would describe it as a rattly vibration or squeal, but I'm not sure that truly describes the sound. I've attempted to share a video of the sound so that you can judge for...

The Winter maintenance on my K75S has been like any project I've done on my home; starting a single simple job grows into multiple jobs of increasing difficulty and cost. Among other things, I found the cooling fan didn't spin freely any more so I removed and disassembled it. After cleaning the...