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Anonymous Posted on Jan 02, 2014

Why is fan not coming on when (bike) turned off?

Riding at normal speed and warm weather

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  • Posted on Apr 22, 2010

SOURCE: sat highway speeds in cool weather the temp. lite

If the fan is not operateing you might want to run power directly to it from another power source ie a booster pack or another battery if you find that the fan operates then you wil need to be checking wireing & relays

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