I thought I would share my experience with my new tunnel cooler for anyone interested in doing something similar. I had originally planned on fabbing up my own setup but after seeing XRT was working on a CMX kit, I reached out to Dave about buying one. It is a XRT Engineered setup. I guess you could call it the prototype setup for the CMX kit. I took pictures and measurements for him to design from and he gave me a discount on the setup.
Bike is a 2019 Beta 480 RR with a CMX 129, C3 thermostat and coolant heated bars.
I've had the setup for a couple years and love it but temps were always hit or miss. Some days can't keep it warm enough, others, can't keep it cool. Long hard pulls, I would see my temps get way too hot for my liking. Having to stop and not being able to just ride is annoying. It depends on the day and the snow conditions, where and how you are riding. Which is why I wanted to switch over to a tunnel cooler setup.
So glad I did, I love it. I've got 5 rides so far with it and have had no problems. I'm running 160 degrees consistently now. I still need to cover up the front and back of my engine better and I think the bleed hole in my thermostat is what is keeping it from getting to 190. The cooler gets hot before the thermostat should open. I'm assuming that's why.
I've had it in a variety of conditions and haven't had too worry about temps which is so nice. It runs good at 160, I will try and get it sealed up better and get it to run a little hotter but so far it's been an awesome upgrade. I won't have another bike without a tunnel cooler.
Here are a few pics, I had to fab up a mount for the coolant bottle and my plastics to mount to. I think Dave is working on a universal mount for that?!? I did do the overflow tube also. Of course I couldn't find any red or black silicone hose locally when I did the install so I ended up with blue. Ha! 90 pct. of it is covered when I'm ready to ride so I wasn't too worried about it. The way he designed it to mount is with a rod in front and a bolt in back. The crossmembers angle away from them so they are really wedged in there. Simple and it works, super tight with no movement. Great upgrade for me. ?
Bike is a 2019 Beta 480 RR with a CMX 129, C3 thermostat and coolant heated bars.
I've had the setup for a couple years and love it but temps were always hit or miss. Some days can't keep it warm enough, others, can't keep it cool. Long hard pulls, I would see my temps get way too hot for my liking. Having to stop and not being able to just ride is annoying. It depends on the day and the snow conditions, where and how you are riding. Which is why I wanted to switch over to a tunnel cooler setup.
So glad I did, I love it. I've got 5 rides so far with it and have had no problems. I'm running 160 degrees consistently now. I still need to cover up the front and back of my engine better and I think the bleed hole in my thermostat is what is keeping it from getting to 190. The cooler gets hot before the thermostat should open. I'm assuming that's why.
I've had it in a variety of conditions and haven't had too worry about temps which is so nice. It runs good at 160, I will try and get it sealed up better and get it to run a little hotter but so far it's been an awesome upgrade. I won't have another bike without a tunnel cooler.
Here are a few pics, I had to fab up a mount for the coolant bottle and my plastics to mount to. I think Dave is working on a universal mount for that?!? I did do the overflow tube also. Of course I couldn't find any red or black silicone hose locally when I did the install so I ended up with blue. Ha! 90 pct. of it is covered when I'm ready to ride so I wasn't too worried about it. The way he designed it to mount is with a rod in front and a bolt in back. The crossmembers angle away from them so they are really wedged in there. Simple and it works, super tight with no movement. Great upgrade for me. ?
