[Fastman]

I've seen/read numerous posts on the subjects of PIAA 1100X driving lights and keeping this nuclear reactor cool, but nothing on them combined. I'd like to put the PIAAs on my '04 K12RS, but am concerned they will block airflow to the radiators. With all the highway construction in St. Louis, I'm getting to spend a lot of "quality" time in slow traffic. The bike already struggles enough coping with the 90+ degree air temperatures, hot asphalt and stop & go traffic. I don't want to further aggravate matters. So, any issues with airflow once those lights are tucked up under the oil cooler and presumably blocking some airflow to the radiators?

 

[brucecha]

I've seen/read numerous posts on the subjects of PIAA 1100X driving lights and keeping this nuclear reactor cool, but nothing on them combined. I'd like to put the PIAAs on my '04 K12RS, but am concerned they will block airflow to the radiators. With all the highway construction in St. Louis, I'm getting to spend a lot of "quality" time in slow traffic. The bike already struggles enough coping with the 90+ degree air temperatures, hot asphalt and stop & go traffic. I don't want to further aggravate matters. So, any issues with airflow once those lights are tucked up under the oil cooler and presumably blocking some airflow to the radiators?

NONE!!

 

[Fastman]

NONE!!

Great! Looks like a visit to Pirate's Lair is in my near future. Would like to get them delivered and installed before heading to West Bend, WI on the 11th.

 

[rhhall]

67k miles, 3 1/2 years, all with PIAA's in all kinds of riding conditions, like summer city stop & go, and 105F temps across Arizona, Utah, and Nevada. The over-temp light has only come on one time, and that was in 70F temperatures, following traffic up a Colorado mountain at 30MPH. It seems like 30MPH is the point at which the load on the engine is generating more heat load than the radiators can remove: you aren't moving fast enough, and the fans aren't large enough.

 

[brucecha]

Great! Looks like a visit to Pirate's Lair is in my near future. Would like to get them delivered and installed before heading to West Bend, WI on the 11th.

Bruce
If your bike is running a little hot in only 90° weather. Buy a new radiator cap. They seem like the weak link in the cooling system.

 

[rasbutan]

Great! Looks like a visit to Pirate's Lair is in my near future. Would like to get them delivered and installed before heading to West Bend, WI on the 11th.

Go to Amazon, thats where I got mine for a full $60 cheaper than Pirates.

and I haven't had a problem with the heat, it's 90+ and humid today too.