cooling fan: good or bad idea?

[antix875]

I have a 95 katana 750. it doesn't have an engine temperature gauge and is air/oil cooled. but I was wondering if it would be worth the effort to install a manual cooling fan for long trips or hot days

[ZukiFred]

Not really, I live in the hot humid south and have never had an overheating problem..

[92xjunker]

Unless your riding in extreme temps, it's not necessary. It gets up to 130 here, that is extreme enough not to ride in it.

[maniac1886]

It's not the trips, or excessive heat you have to worry about. It's the sitting in bumper to bumper traffic that isn't moving for a long time.

[92xjunker]

A properly tuned engine would take that excess heat. Being around here for sometime now...that's not how most bikes here aren't done that way (slightly rich yields a cooler engine)...if it runs f*** it, I'm good. My flat slides are setup slightly rich and they run much better in the heat. I'm not..

[antix875]

ok so if I pull a 300 mile trip at interstate speeds I'll be good?

[92xjunker]

. If it were a problem, Suzuki would of not built them that way.

[Kreylyn]

Due to space limitations and bike configuration, most fan options would reduce the cooling at speed, and not really add enough cooling at stopped to make a real difference.

Krey