I've a 2024 V4s Flaps always open as I rarely ride in the winter , I can't believe how hot it gets circa 103 in town/traffic amd 88 on the go. I have an air cushion comfort seat , I'm sure with this it retains even more heat as my man jewels were absolutely Poached in the recent hot weather, I wear Revit Airwave 3 vented trousers and even with these it can get pretty bad
We were all standing on the pegs every time we rode into a village in France to cool off the nether regions
Interesting but I suspect that that although it might lower the temperature of the whole engine it will still be very hot to ride in slow European conditions.
I stuck a heat shield on the left side panel only. I will compare the panels and let you know of the results. ( I noticed this topic has made "Last Week's Most Popular Topics" - Hoorah!! )
We do a lot of desert pavement riding here in SoCal where the temps in the summer are usually 100F+. I normally ride with Klim Latitude jacket and pants. I thought I might be more comfortable with a set of Klim Induction jacket and pants this year. The jacket passes a lot of air so that's great but the pants worked entirely the wrong way on the Multi. All they do is allow the hot air from the vents right through to my legs. The only way to minimize it is to keep my legs tight against the bike so that the vented air passes around them. Went back to the Latitude and no more issue. Thinking back to many years ago when I had an air cooled V twin bike I had the same issue in the summer which was mitigated with heavy Aerostich pants. Could have saved the cost of the Induction pants if I had remembered Marc
The opposite worked for me. I ride with my legs against the bike but found the side panels (see photo above) getting hot for my thighs. Do your side panels get hot?
10k miles on my 22 V4S and I can’t say I’ve really noticed it tbh. Or if I have it’s not been an issue to remark on so obviously doesn’t bother me.
I rode in the desert Saturday at about 100F and paid particular attention to the heat. I had my vented Induction pants on. The side panels get "warm" but that's about it. Nothing uncomfortable. I noticed that I'm not actually pressing my legs against the tank as much as I am just keeping my boots as inboard as possible. When I ride like this the hot air doesn't hit my legs at all. If I move my feet further apart then the hot blast goes right through to my legs. I'm on a Rally with a different fuel tank configuration (aluminum) as well as rubber pads on the tank that my legs press against. Maybe that's the difference? Just for the heck of it I stopped and closed one of the air vents just to see. Forget that! The heat that comes up without the vented air flow is damn near unbearable! Marc
