I know that a lot of us are having a few problems with the heat off of the exhaust heating up the rear fender above the muffler. I picked up some reflective tape from Amazon and placed it onto the fender area above the muffler where a passenger would place their left leg.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00029KC2K/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Today I took a ride and check the temperature of the outside of the fender and was quite surprised. The highest temperature that I came up with was 90 degrees with the temperature on the other side above the muffler at 214. My last measurement after a 15 minute ride at around 20 mph was 71 degrees on the outside and 196 directly under the same spot.
So I think that the tape will help quite a bit in keeping things cooler. As I was riding today I would place a hand onto the fender and at no time did I notice more heat than I could stand. I am going to order up some more of the tape and as I pull plastics off I'll place more of the tape onto it for rider comfort.
Here are a couple of pictures of it installed.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00029KC2K/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Today I took a ride and check the temperature of the outside of the fender and was quite surprised. The highest temperature that I came up with was 90 degrees with the temperature on the other side above the muffler at 214. My last measurement after a 15 minute ride at around 20 mph was 71 degrees on the outside and 196 directly under the same spot.
So I think that the tape will help quite a bit in keeping things cooler. As I was riding today I would place a hand onto the fender and at no time did I notice more heat than I could stand. I am going to order up some more of the tape and as I pull plastics off I'll place more of the tape onto it for rider comfort.
Here are a couple of pictures of it installed.

