Fri, 27 Nov 1998 18:31:25 +0100 - Message No. 4518
From: Marc Luethi

Subject: Re: Radiator


At 14:46 27.11.98 +0100, you wrote:
>What do you think about covering a little one or either the radiator in
>the cold season? 

When I still had the every-morning 40km trip to work, I used to cover up to
2/3 of the entire radiator fron surface.
I covered the entire left one and the lower part of the right, making sure
to leave open the part in front of the radiator fan.

>I looked at the termometer and it's always under the
>minimum level. 

Jupp. Without cover, the temperature rarely ever came over the blue part of
the scale on a cold morning (and this on a 40km ride), whereas I had a
"warm" engine after less than 5km with the covered radiator.

Some subscribers haver reported to ride in sweden's cold winter "uncovered"
and had no problem at all.
I think it's not a bad thing to do, it might not be necessary, tho.

Greets

Marc


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marc@rrr.de                                           YJ@IRC
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