'13 FJR Fairing Vent Question

[palerider]

I agree with the fellas, I live in an area that gets plenty-o warm and almost immediately upon buying the bike, I fiddled with the vents hoping to have less heat blasting on my knee and thighs.

The vents were easy to adjust, but ineffective. I find flopping a knee perpendicular to the bike, vents my crotch to torso...:yahoo:I'm just sayin~

Vents are a fail. However, vented clothing is a good investment if you are going to ride in warmer climates.

All the best,

AGirlOnTheGo

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Only if you're not wearing underwear.

 

[wheatonFJR]

Only if you're not wearing underwear.

If you don't wear underwear, you've got a bigger problem comfort-wise imo...

 

[SkooterG]

However, vented clothing is a good investment if you are going to ride in warmer climates.

Unless it gets 'too' warm. I mean, when it's 110 degrees out, you don't want MORE of that hot air hitting you through that vented gear.

Actually, according to that Iron Butt article earlier this year, the magic temperature is anything above around 93F

Yes, an excellent article. I was just using an extreme example hopefully anybody could understand. Though I am not sure I personally agree with the 93F of the article. I think it's higher. Closer to the 98F of body temperature.

 

[wheatonFJR]

However, vented clothing is a good investment if you are going to ride in warmer climates.

Unless it gets 'too' warm. I mean, when it's 110 degrees out, you don't want MORE of that hot air hitting you through that vented gear.

Actually, according to that Iron Butt article earlier this year, the magic temperature is anything above around 93F

Yes, an excellent article. I was just using an extreme example hopefully anybody could understand. Though I am not sure I personally agree with the 93F of the article. I think it's higher. Closer to the 98F of body temperature.

You DO know that they not equating skin temperature with body temperature? Right?

My guess from reading the article is that they are equating 93F skin to 98F internal body temp.

 

[Harald]

I think that the fact that we're talking about the NEW 2013 FJR is the only reason that this thread hasn't been relegated to NEPRT. So I have to take advantage of the only opportunity to discuss the fairing wings in a standard forum. :lol:

I looked at the fairings on my Gen II and don't see anywhere that engine heat is ducted via these fairing wings, so their only possible affect is blocking wind. This mornings commute with temps hovering right at freezing was a perfect reason to extend the wings because they block some of the very cold air that was blowing on my legs. I've tried them in both positions and determined that they don't make a huge difference, but they do help in cold weather.

 

[rfespinosa]

I liked the magazine article above, thanks for posting it. My personal experience (gut feeling) concurs with the 93 degree threshold and the negative effect of vented clothing on parts of the body exposed to motorcycle heat.

 

[pcarnut]

On my recent trip to Banff, putting the vent in the outer position made a small but helpful reduction in the cold I was feeling. Be curious how well the Gen III works.

 

[LAF]

Have to say the vent work for me. I tried them back to back over multiple runs of the same valley and they do make a difference at least to me.

I do agree they push air out and away a bit but they also allow engine heat to come through too.

Not sure how you could loose them either? With the two fasteners in and turned they are tight at least on my 10.

My only complaint is they are butt ugly when open!

In PA I will take all the heat I can and with the vents out in the open position, I get heat.

 

[eg23232]

Geez, here I am not even able to figure out how to adjust the damn things on my '13. Manual is useless.

 

[CA G-Man]

There was another thread on this a while back (https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php/topic/151420-2013-fjr-adjustable-vents/page-2?hl=+2013%20+vents). Akjitsu did an experiment riding with one vent in (or "down") and the other out (or "up") and found a noticeable difference (see post No. 26).

I repeated that experiment myself in our frigid northern temperatures (it was 1 degree C at the time). I could maybe be convinced that it made a slight difference, but honestly it was far from noticeable for me. In fact I had even forgotten that I was doing the experiment until after my ride (having set the vents 2 nights earlier, planning to do the test the next time out). It was only when I parked the bike that I remembered the vents were set differently and checked my kneecaps for any difference. I managed to convince myself there was a slight difference but it took some work! Very little effect that I can determine.

All that said, I do wonder whether "vents out" might make a difference for a pillion (larger air bubble?) more than for the rider. I might have to repeat the experiment with my wife aboard.

I find it pretty easy to change the vent position. Feel free to PM me if you're struggling with it.

 

[RadioHowie]

Geez, here I am not even able to figure out how to adjust the damn things on my '13. Manual is useless.

Yeah, and his brother José ain't much help, either.

 

[wfooshee]