Author: DEB GALLETTI

NEW FRAME-MOUNTED COOLING KIT FOR HARLEY TOURING MODELS

COOL-MASTER Even More Powerful than the Original LOVE JUGS with a smaller Profile and Sleek Design
Text and Photos by Rogue, Senior Tech Editor

This new model will fit 2008 and newer Harley touring models. “Actually, they will fit on any bagger with a horn mount on the left side of the engine,” said a former Representative, from Love Jugs. “That covers almost any bagger.”

LOVE JUGS have been on the market for some time and there have been numerous good articles on them. Their goal is to reduce the operating temperature of all Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Their durable fan bodies are manufactured from aircraft quality stainless steel.

WARNING: Failure to follow the instructions step by step provided by Love Jugs can cause unwanted contact with gas line and or wires.

We quickly installed this cooling system on my 2009 Harley FLHTC. The kit does came with very good step-by-step instructions, and I do suggest you read them carefully before you handle the install. I also suggest you have a Harley shop manual available for the specific motorcycle you will be working on—that’s the code of the West.

Check that you have all the parts that are necessary for the install.

Remove the seat, left saddlebag, side cover, main fuse and the battery ground cable.

Remove the gas line hose. This is a quick disconnect fitting much like an air hose fitting. Push the chrome collar up towards the tank and pull the elbow down. Remove gas tank.

Remove the horn and the mount off both heads. You will not be using this bracket when assembling.

Attach bracket “A” as shown in the drawings to the bottom of the frame with the rounded edge facing the rear of the motorcycle using the supplied worm clamps, installing them from the air cleaner side.

Make sure bracket is straight, tighten clamps and cut off excess material. This will insure they will not come in contact with the gas tank or other parts.

Attach bracket “B” as shown in instructions checking it for clearance to engine parts.

Remove the two ¼-inch bolts holding the horn to the original bracket. Assemble these parts to the Love Jugs following the instructions.

Cut a notch in the wire tray on top of the frame rail. Put the stock wires on the horn and position the Love Jugs into bracket “B” while routing the wiring up and into the wire tray.

The harness has a connector that will mate with the accessory switch on the dash in the area at the end of the tray. I suggest you re-install the battery ground cable and install the main fuse at this time. Turn the key to the run or accessory position and flip the switch on. The fans should start. If they do not, make sure the on–off buttons on the fans are turned on.

Align the Love Jugs so they are straight and tighten the three set screws. Make sure there is a 1-inch clearance between the wiring and the engine.

Install gas tank and other parts making sure again there is clearance with fuel line and wiring.

Prior to this install I checked my engine for running temperature and ran regularly at 360-380 degrees. After installing the Love Jugs I am running easily more than 100 degrees cooler.

It’s siesta time for the Bikernet Senior Tech Editor. Keep the noise down…

Say goodbye to the heat and really enjoy your ride – You will LOVE Love Jugs. Love Jugs are available at Love Jugs Authorized Dealers and on the company website.

For more information, please contact: Hammerhead Engineering info@love-jugs.com or visit the web site: www.love-jugs.com Let them know you found out about them here on Bikernet. – See more at: http://www.bikernet.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=12351#sthash.zdbkCg7H.dpuf

**Please note this post has been updated by Hammerhead Engineering to remove names and contact info of parties that are not affiliated with Love Love Jugs or Hammerhead Engineering**

10/02/2015
LOVE JUGS RECOGNIZED AGAIN AT THE 2016 V-TWIN EXPO

HAMMERHEAD ENGINEERING: Next up for the Harley cooling specialist, whose unique Love Jugs solutions have won many admirers, will be the altogether technically more challenging Victory and Indian motorcycle …

Watch this space! www.love-jugs.com

10/01/2015
Love Jugs 70-degree lower engine temps for our Road King – American Iron Magazine

The first Time I Heard of Love Jugs I Thought it was the title of a porn movie. okay, so maybe I shouldn’t have told you that. But what I should definitely tell you is that a set of Love Jugs fans provide extreme cooling power directly to your Harley’s combustion chamber and exhaust valve area. for this added charge of coolness, we installed the original Love Jugs slots system (#sd-320/$349) on our 2006 road King.Practically, we all know that increasing air flow over an air-cooled engine will lower its overall temperature. Your rear cylinder runs hotter than the front because it’s mostly getting the hot air flowing from the front cylinder. of course, there’s no air flowing over the whole engine when you’re sitting in traffic on a hot day.

Love Jugs achieves its massive cooling potential by flowing 504 Cfm of air from a pair of electric fans (252 each) directly to where it’s needed most, whether the engine is sitting at idle or out on the open highway. Love Jugs are available in a chrome or black powdercoat finish and are made entirely from aircraft-grade stainless steel. The outdoor-rated electric fans are entirely waterproof to the degree that they can actually run underwater. This may seem like overkill to the casual rider, but long-distance riders know how important weatherproof equipment is.

In addition to a cooler top end, Love Jugs, by default, also keeps a Harley’s oil much cooler as well. Cooler, more viscous oil leads to a longer-lasting engine and less wear and tear.

Several different Love Jugs models are available, as well as vibration dampening options, and come with everything you need for the installation. all Love Jugs models will fit 98 percent of all Harley-davidsons ever made as long as there’s a horn mount on the left side of the engine. Love Jugs makes some pretty hefty claims about its product, so we decided to do our own test, conducted by editor Chris, as we reported in an earlier issue and have included in this article in an accompany-ing sidebar. If you’ve been looking for a way to improve the cooling of your Harley-davidson, check out the step-by-step install to see exactly how to make that happen! AIM

09/30/2015
WIN THIS HARLEY! Dennis Kirk Sweepstakes Update IV

This 2009 Fat Boy came to us relatively bone stock and ready to revamp. Now, it leaves our hands a new bike, ready to be ridden by it’s a new owner, which can be you!

Centuries of poets, bards, and musicians have long serenaded the masses with the wonders of the world shaking the cold of winter and embracing a rebirth in spring and summer. So, too, are we excited for the changing weather, albeit with less pretty wordification. As we move into the riding season for much of the country, our American Iron Garage Spring issue is in still circulating the newsstands, and Summer will be hitting the shelves at the end of May. There’s still much to be seen on our Dennis Kirk/American Iron Magazine giveaway Fat Boy, with the upcoming issues of AIG rife with installs and how-to guides, and there’s plenty of time for you to enter to win. Head over to Greaserag.com to order any and all back issues of AIG, and keep your eyes peeled for these Fat Boy installs, as well as many others, in the our Summer issue.

We got our hands around some Love Jugs Cool Masters, a pair of external cooling fans that promote efficient air flow over those hot twins while crawling through traffic. It was a fairly straightforward install, and we were even able to complete a Klock Werks project from Spring that required an ignition relocation. The exhaust system also received some TLC in the form of blacked-out 2-into-1 Freedom Exhaust Outlaws, and we noted some tips and tricks to get through this install properly. Lastly, we cleaned up the stock coil and hanging wires with an ACCEL Stealth SuperCoil install, a project that might sound daunting but was actually finished with relative ease. The winner of this sweepstakes will surely be a happy new owner.

The Love Jugs assembly mounted right onto the left side of the Fat Boy, where the horn used to be. Who needs that thing, anyway? (To be relocated!)

Love Jugs Cool Masters will keep the future owner’s skivvies a little drier this summer. Notice the Klock Werks ignition relocation mount, too!

And how can that new owner be you? Be sure to check out our Summer (On sale 5/31) issue to get a peep into the American Iron ossuaries where all the handiwork gets did, and purchase the coming issues to follow along with in-depth articles and close-up photos of the modifications. And how can this Fat Boy be yours? Subscribe to American Iron Magazine(877.693.3572) and you are automatically entered to win. So subscribe today. Or, you can enter with no purchase necessary at denniskirk.com.

Dangling wires be gone, this stock coil setup hits the bricks.

Off comes the incumbent exhausts! Impeach!

Notice anything different? ACCEL Stealth SuperCoils clean up the left side reaaal nice.

On goes the Outlaws. Draw!

http://www.aimag.com/2016/04/win-this-harley-dennis-kirk-sweepstakes-update-iv/

09/30/2015