Post by petrol42 on May 2, 2014 1:46:12 GMT -5
I have a Kymco Super 8 that I'm slowly modifying.
I added a Temp Gauge because it always bothered me that I didn't know how hot my motor was when I was pushing my scooter to the limit.
A couple of weeks ago, I took my scooter out on a pretty mild day with the temps in the low 70s to a nice canyon ride in Orange County. I was pushing my scooter to the limit with the throttle pegged at WOT for a few miles. The highest temp that my gauge recorded was 376 degrees and it only got this hot after the throttle had been at WOT for at least three miles. It made me a little nervous but my scooter survived and the temp never went above 376 degrees. Also, this was without modifying the cooling system in any way.
I had bought one of those cooling fans from Scooter Elements a little while ago but was too lazy to install it until yesterday.
I also got a fan scoop, although I didn't get it from Scooter Elements.
Its been getting a little hot around here so I decided to install these items yesterday to help aid in keeping my Super 8 cool. After installing the fan and the scoop, I took it out for a short ride and it was short for a reason.
The outside temps were in the upper 80s to low 90s when I took my Super 8 out for a test ride. After my scooter was all warmed up, I started to do some WOT runs.
What I noticed startled me. My temp gauge was reading 370 degrees and that wasn't even a mile of WOT. After about another mile and not even at WOT, my engine temp started to climb towards 390 degrees. That was too hot for my taste so I took it easy and rode home.
Today, I re-installed my stock fan but obviously kept the fan scoop and took it out for a test ride.
The outside temps were the same as yesterday when I installed the aftermarket fan. With the stock fan, my Super 8 never got above 360 degrees. I rode around quite a bit with the stock fan and I was quite satisfied that the stock fan was superior to this supposed Performance fan that I bought.
So I recommend avoiding this Performance fan if you don't want your scooter to overheat.
I added a Temp Gauge because it always bothered me that I didn't know how hot my motor was when I was pushing my scooter to the limit.
A couple of weeks ago, I took my scooter out on a pretty mild day with the temps in the low 70s to a nice canyon ride in Orange County. I was pushing my scooter to the limit with the throttle pegged at WOT for a few miles. The highest temp that my gauge recorded was 376 degrees and it only got this hot after the throttle had been at WOT for at least three miles. It made me a little nervous but my scooter survived and the temp never went above 376 degrees. Also, this was without modifying the cooling system in any way.
I had bought one of those cooling fans from Scooter Elements a little while ago but was too lazy to install it until yesterday.
I also got a fan scoop, although I didn't get it from Scooter Elements.
Its been getting a little hot around here so I decided to install these items yesterday to help aid in keeping my Super 8 cool. After installing the fan and the scoop, I took it out for a short ride and it was short for a reason.
The outside temps were in the upper 80s to low 90s when I took my Super 8 out for a test ride. After my scooter was all warmed up, I started to do some WOT runs.
What I noticed startled me. My temp gauge was reading 370 degrees and that wasn't even a mile of WOT. After about another mile and not even at WOT, my engine temp started to climb towards 390 degrees. That was too hot for my taste so I took it easy and rode home.
Today, I re-installed my stock fan but obviously kept the fan scoop and took it out for a test ride.
The outside temps were the same as yesterday when I installed the aftermarket fan. With the stock fan, my Super 8 never got above 360 degrees. I rode around quite a bit with the stock fan and I was quite satisfied that the stock fan was superior to this supposed Performance fan that I bought.
So I recommend avoiding this Performance fan if you don't want your scooter to overheat.
..BAD TO THE BONE..