Tom,

Were you able to pull the right side tin off without having to pull the whole piece of plastic as well ?

Thanks,

Tim 

Tom,

Where do you live? I live in Ventura county which is not too far from Bakersfield.  If you are in the area, you should come ride with our local Ventura SCRC chapter.  We have 4 Visions in the group.

Thanks for the info. I have put the chromed tins on and still have my aluminum tins. I may cut one of my aluminum tins and have it chromed so I have a summer and winter set. Thanks for taking point on this mod.

Tim

Tom,

I rode back from Monterey Bay today and got stuck in stop and go traffic just North of San Diego.  We started to take the side rodes and climbed some steep roads in low gears an my oil temp reached 260 degrees F.  Time to do something about the high temps.

Tim 

I went into my garage tonight to cut down my old tin and try it.  If it went well, I would have it chromed only to find that my dealer only gave me back 4 of the 6 tins.  He kept the 2 front swooshes, thus I have to try and modify the chrome one I bought.  Hopefully, I can have it rechromed to clean up the cut edge.  I will try it without for a while.

I am also going to try Amsoil and compare my temps against my buddy's Vision.

Have fun on your trip.

Tim 

P.S.

I may also try one of these if the Vision can accommodate a larger oil cooler.

http://www.setrabusa.com/jagg%20files/jagg%20pages/univ_cores.htm

tom - 2008-08-25 1:37 AM Tim. trim it. it works. take it slow use a fine tooth hack saw for the straight few inches then a dremel tool with a cutting grinding wheel, ,finish with a flat file and a rat tail file, but now that i think about it you have chrome swooshes that may require a bead of rubber or some stick on trim to make a clean edge ,,i dont know how the chrome will look with a raw filed edge. take the right one off and ride it for awhile and then decide, it wiill cool your ride, it wont really help when your stopped only when moving a bit. tom ps leaving wed for 7 day ride to Durango four corners rally,

Okay, for clarity in my simple pea-mind, are you saying Tom that trimming the swoosh ALSO allows the engine to run cooler? I mean by the temp dipstick gauge thingy and not due to the fact of the lack of smoldering of the bluejeans. Just curious here, because I don't have that concern too much in Virginia. When I find that when it is 100 degrees, everything is hot and not because of the engine. My concern is from an engineering standpoint of is there adequate airflow over the motor to keep it cool, or are you going by creature comfort? Thanks for your reply in advance.

tom - 2008-08-25 10:18 AM Chris, the same air is still comming across the cylinder, in fact this modification will allow air to curculate all around the cylinder not just a portion of it,before some air was directed at it, now it not only is directed at it but thru and around the barrel and cylinder head. dont mess with it if your temp is ok but in 100 plus temp its hot out here . im not worried about heat at a stop, this thing was cooking my leg at 75 mph. that is the heat im referring to its the bubble that traps the heat . i just wanted the air to go past and thru allowing this bubble to be gone,and i dont like stick on plastic vent wings. air comming at the barrel thats ok, but isint it better to allow cool air to pass by the cylinder as well? this takes heat away from me and the engine. best regards, tom

Oh I'm not disagreeing or agreeing, I'm just curious on the temp thingy dipstick gauge is there a noticeable difference in the reading with the swoosh modification? Conceptually it all makes sense and seems to be a viable solution, but to know for sure, I'm just curious as to the reading changes from the folks who have made the mod. From an educated standpoint, knowing the reading, I would say that this is a good mod because:

1) there is no change in the engine tempature, but cooler air for the rider. or

2) the engine runs cooler as well as the rider.

However, I would question whether this is a good mod if the engine runs hotter, though the passenger runs cooler.

Since I've not made the mod because I don't have the problem others complain about I cannot make that educated assessment. Looking at the swoosh, I would have to say that allowing the air to pass by the engine because of the mod verses pass through the engine fins since the air has no place to go but through the fins, may have an adverse affect, but only a tempature reading would tell me that. A reading would answer my question. Thanks for you patience Tom.

Oh, and if I don't have the problem, why am I worried about it? Because I stand to move to S.C. in a year or so where tempatures are higher year round than here in Virginia. If it is a burden to me, then I know where my solution would be, cut the swoosh, because I too don't like the invisible force fields called lowers.