looking for great honest advice on cooling my 13' tri-glide ultra

[arnie]

Re: looking for great honest advice on cooling my 13' tri-glide ultra

It really didn't matter if it was warrantied,i was just wondering the difference.Most of the things i've done to any of my h-d's has been covered,or at least they say they are.Been lucky enough not to test their word.Hope i didn't just jinx myself!

 

[arnie]

Re: looking for great honest advice on cooling my 13' tri-glide ultra

Back to op.I just got back from a trip out west & the temps were in the 100's or very near to.My oil temp never got over 245 per h-d gauge in the dash.I've removed the cat,installed se air filter with K&N cartridge.put on the sepro tuner,& with the help from people on here got the smart tune dialed in pretty good.The main thing i notice is keeping the oil cooler fins clean.If they go without a good cleaning,my temps increase by about 10 deg's.

 

[Sloufoot]

Re: looking for great honest advice on cooling my 13' tri-glide ultra

Back to op.I just got back from a trip out west & the temps were in the 100's or very near to.My oil temp never got over 245 per h-d gauge in the dash.I've removed the cat,installed se air filter with K&N cartridge.put on the sepro tuner,& with the help from people on here got the smart tune dialed in pretty good.The main thing i notice is keeping the oil cooler fins clean.If they go without a good cleaning,my temps increase by about 10 deg's.

Put yourself on a mudflap on the front fender. Add about 1.5- 2" to the bottom & it will keep the crap off the cooler.
:Coffee:

 

[Sloufoot]

Re: looking for great honest advice on cooling my 13' tri-glide ultra

I don't really follow the reasoning on the 254's either My SE 2013 catalog doesn't say race only on them.

 

[msocko3]

Re: looking for great honest advice on cooling my 13' tri-glide ultra

I don't really follow the reasoning on the 254's either My SE 2013 catalog doesn't say race only on them.

HD's site show them to be 50 state legal.

 

[jcolson]

Re: looking for great honest advice on cooling my 13' tri-glide ultra

I have the 259E cams and they are great for low end torque.

 

[Hernandovan]

Re: looking for great honest advice on cooling my 13' tri-glide ultra

I put true duals and kn filter and had it dynoed. It helped it a lot. Now can ride in shorts here in sunny fl

 

[GARYD]

Re: looking for great honest advice on cooling my 13' tri-glide ultra

I don't know how you guys can ride in shorts. It's the same for wearing a t-shirt. Either one will make you hot. That's why I wear a mesh jacket - it keeps the sun off of your exposed skin which is the main cause for heat. I bet your skin temps are at least 15* cooler when you wear something that blocks the sun.
In really hot sunny weather i wear jeans, mest jacket, gloves and dewrag or baseball cap. And I'm very comfortable.

Take a tip from the Arabs and Mexicans

 

[Sloufoot]

Re: looking for great honest advice on cooling my 13' tri-glide ultra

I don't know how you guys can ride in shorts. It's the same for wearing a t-shirt. Either one will make you hot. That's why I wear a mesh jacket - it keeps the sun off of your exposed skin which is the main cause for heat. I bet your skin temps are at least 15* cooler when you wear something that blocks the sun.

In really hot sunny weather i wear jeans, mest jacket, gloves and dewrag or baseball cap. And I'm very comfortable.

Take a tip from the Arabs and Mexicans

While I worked for the Union Pacific Railroad I worked with a lot of track labors. They stayed in the sun all day long sometimes at 100*+. Their work wasn't real vigorous, but it was steady for most of the day. They drank lots of water of course, but they also wore full cover insulated coveralls.

They said it just kept them at a constant temp all day.

Not too cold, not too hot.

Strange, but only the Indians did this. Everyone else just drounded in water, & fought for any shade they could find.ThumbUp

 

[Lizard]

Re: looking for great honest advice on cooling my 13' tri-glide ultra

If you can get it in writing from your dealer then I'd go for it. The 254E is one of the other cams I have considered. I know Wiz has installed that cam in his Trike and so far has been very pleased with the results. The 255's are green lighted in the catalog the 254E's are not. M3 has perhaps provided some better info than what I got at the time. BTW, I bought my 2011 in 2010 and am now on the HD ESP.

I called and talked to the ESP people. The 254E is in their book as authorized.