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Old 12-01-2012, 09:29 AM   #11 (permalink)
HydroJim
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I've continued working out some details of the build, but I came accross a question that I figured might be interesting to you guys.

Since I'll be moving the radiator off it's stock location on the bike and into a spot where there can be aerodynamic ducting, the radiator hoses will have to be longer which will result in greater cooling capacity and a slower warm up time.

Therefore, my thought is that installing a block heater/coolant heater would be beneficial to my project. But there doesn't seem to be much out there for motorcycles.

Any idea what kind of wattage I would need? I don't think it's possible to put a block heater on a motorcycle, but I'm not sure.

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