"Vent Tubes" on Interstate? Interstate riders, enlighten me!

[39 Chev]

The only thing that I don't like about my Valkyrie Tourer is, my feet get really HOT when riding in hot weather and my feet are on the normal pegs.  I have highway pegs and use them a lot, but I want to leave my feet on the normal pegs some of the time.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that a buddy of mine (he's a good friend, but he lives quite a ways away from me, se we've only ridden together once) who owns an Interstate has some "vent tubes" that mount under the cylinders to the case guards.  I looked on a dealer's micro-fiche and could not find them.  Maybe it's something the previous owner of his bike fab'd up???

If this is a factory part, I want to check out the cost of purchasing a set.  If not, I'm going to try to fab up a set.

You Interstate riders, enlighten me!


Thanks  

[3W-lonerider]

those vent tubes were on the interstate model only..and are welded to the underside of the crashbar..i cut mine off years ago..mainly because about the only thing they done was direct water straight to my feet when it was raining.

[39 Chev]

Thanks for the reply, 3W.

They were welded on, huh?  Well, I think I'll try to fab something up.

I can see where they would direct the rain onto your feet, but I'm thinking they would also direct some cooler air onto my feet.  Maybe I'll try to come up with something that I could plug when it's raining???

[PhredValk]

So that's what they're called and what they do. I thought they were ramscoops when I first saw them, but they don't seem to go anywhere...at least they're chrome!
Fred.

[R J]

Get floor boards and a Chet's kickshifter.

I don't seem to get HOT feet in HOT weather with my setup.

[sugerbear]

i always thought they were for directing cooler air to the rear cylinders.

with the pods on the air flow could be different

but...........i'm just guessing

[GJS]

Hey Chev,

My understanding of the Interstate front end:
The pods divert the air that pass through the radiator out past your legs into the passing air stream.
The lower underside of the engine guards, on an Interstate, have the scoops your looking for as well as small supports for the Pods. I have never had 'hot feet', but I have been very hot a few times. I guess the reality is we are sitting atop a running 6cyl engine; and they can get really warm.

I had an experience this last May, leaving Cedar City heading for Nevada, we had to go over one high pass after another. Over the first pass we ran into 3" deep slush. The scoops helped to cause my feet to become caked in ice and very wet the second I would leave the rut in front of me. Needless to say, wet feet were the least of my worries, it was some very scary riding for about a 2 miles as we passed over the submit. So I gotta believe they are doing the right thing to keep your feet cooler in ALL conditions;rain, heat and snow!

Should not be too hard to fabricate, good luck.

Glenn