That is the way it is supposed to be. A car has a roof. Putting it in the garage is a waste of roofage.> > My wife's Lexus 330 stays outside in the driveway while my 3 bikes > stay in the garage. Heh! >
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how does heat affect the cdi box?
I need some sage advice...but since i dont know any sages I am asking
my KLR brothers.
I am experimenting with a KLX650 right side radiator and the cooling
system filled with Engine Ice.All the electricals under the tank had
to be moved. Instead of making wiring harnesses to move the CDI box
to a remote location I simply cut up the factory mounting bracket and
mounted the CDI box and most of the electrical plugs on the stock CDI
bracket but I turned the bracket sideways and bolted it to one of the
existing holes in the top of the KLR overflow jug bracket.The CDI box
is about 2 inches behind the radiator and will catch a good bit of
heat from the radiator.
Is the heat going to kill the CDI box?Any thoughts?
I have heard of people using the KLR250 right side radiator because
it is small enough to mount and not have to move all the electronics
but I already had a slightly smushed KLX 650 radiator ,so i used that.
So far so good. I just took it for a test ride and went off road on
some logging trails that require 1st/2nd gear while standing on the
footpegs to pick a way through the rough stuff. The temp needle never
went above 1/4 way up. When I got back on the main roads and some air
started moving through the radiators at about 35-40 mph...the temp
needle dropped so fast I could literally see it moving.I could not
believe my eyes really.After years of being annoyed by the pathetic
factory radiator I may have finally found the silver bullet.The only
problem I can forsee is the possibility that the heat may kill the
CDI box. If it does I will make plug and play wiring harnesses to
move it down to the bottom of the overflow tank bracket in the same
place Jeff Saline put his CDI box
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