Street Scrambler Heat Issues

Hiya

Ive just put a weslake cat replacement on my missus street scrambler, not much heat from the exhaust now buddy.

eBay price of 199 pound.

 

Don’t worry mines the same

 

Can't say I've found exhaust heat a problem to be honest, even in traffic when the fan cuts in. A had a 1198SP a few years back with the underseat chimneys and that was like sitting on a 3kw fan heater.

 

If the bikes running OK, throwing no error codes and the fan isn't permanently on I shouldn't worry about it.

 

Lots of people jump to doing a decat and it's not always what you want to do or the answer to the problem, though it will reduce the temperature of the exhaust near your right knee.

I'm with Pegscraper on this one though; as long as there are no error codes, and the fan is cutting in and out rather than coming on and staying on then it's probably ok and it's just a consequence of the hot weather we've been having.

I'm not sure what you've ridden before, but the scrambler unit is quite compact, has a fairly small radiator and doesn't have a fairing to disperse the hot air back and under the bike and - in Scrambler configuration the cat heat will add to that warmth coming up straight at you when you are going slow or stopped.

As long as nothing is broken, think of it as a bonus ffor the periods of the year that aren't summer

 

Try wrapping the exhaust with exhaust heat wrap , you could wrap behind the heat shields so it’s out of site, I’ve not used it but for me I would go down this route first before a de-cat.

 

I’ve used TuneECU to increase the fuelling by 5% at tick-over (and just above) on my Speed Twin which keeps the engine a little cooler when idling in traffic. Fan comes on less often since making the alteration.