JohnsoD
Still got a few miles left in these old bones
Got my full Viking system delivered and mounted. Cranked it up and WOW did that sound sweet.
Within minutes standing 2 feet away I could feel the heat coming off the header. This was pretty concerning grabbed my thermal temperature gun and took a few readings. 750 up to 800 f. finished the curing cycle and went for a short drive. With-in a few miles my leg was on fire. Got home to see my inner calf was red. I fully expected more heat than stock, it's a header with no heat shield but this was terrible not ridible. I went back through the previous threads I had read concerning this subject. Then researched other motorcycle makes and header temps to get an idea of what is to be expected. While 750 is not common it is with-in reason. Normally hot headers equal too lean of a tune.
I contacted Paul and other members with Viking systems for help. I really wanted to keep my forward controls that bring my leg across the header and the Viking system.
Paul worked with me in the background to make this system work for me. GREAT SUPPORT from Paul and other members of this site. Ended up with a tune from "Sleeves" through Paul. While still warm on my leg do to forward controls very ridible. I'm working on customizing some heat shields made from old shields from other bikes. With Roadster pegs the heat wouldn't be a real concern. So far everything is coming together nicely. I feel like I'm sitting in my recliner at home with a whole lot of kick**s at my disposal.
Special thanks to "sonny" "Mully" "Sleeves" and Paul.
Lesson learned " The people on this site are great people be patient and let them help"
Thanks to all of you I learn a lot from this site.
Dave J
Within minutes standing 2 feet away I could feel the heat coming off the header. This was pretty concerning grabbed my thermal temperature gun and took a few readings. 750 up to 800 f. finished the curing cycle and went for a short drive. With-in a few miles my leg was on fire. Got home to see my inner calf was red. I fully expected more heat than stock, it's a header with no heat shield but this was terrible not ridible. I went back through the previous threads I had read concerning this subject. Then researched other motorcycle makes and header temps to get an idea of what is to be expected. While 750 is not common it is with-in reason. Normally hot headers equal too lean of a tune.
I contacted Paul and other members with Viking systems for help. I really wanted to keep my forward controls that bring my leg across the header and the Viking system.
Paul worked with me in the background to make this system work for me. GREAT SUPPORT from Paul and other members of this site. Ended up with a tune from "Sleeves" through Paul. While still warm on my leg do to forward controls very ridible. I'm working on customizing some heat shields made from old shields from other bikes. With Roadster pegs the heat wouldn't be a real concern. So far everything is coming together nicely. I feel like I'm sitting in my recliner at home with a whole lot of kick**s at my disposal.
Special thanks to "sonny" "Mully" "Sleeves" and Paul.
Lesson learned " The people on this site are great people be patient and let them help"
Thanks to all of you I learn a lot from this site.
Dave J
