I found these online and am thinking about mounting them instead of cutting away at the "swoosh" (great idea if I lived in the desert or Florida) or adding the Victory deflectors.  The face of the swoosh is 3" across and these vents are 2 1/2" diameter.  Once mounted, the chrome ring would probably take up the whole 3".  I'd probably have to cut away some of the black inlet to get clearance on the backside.  They'd mount about halfway up the swoosh in order to clear the master cylinder.  I could block them off in the wintertime.  I'm leaning towards the spoke design (called sillouette on the website) because it looks like a Ness wheel.  Any thoughts or suggestions?

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tom,

Thanks for commenting.  I really like your mod, it's just too permanent of a solution for where I live.  I was really glad to see you could pull it off with just hand tools.  I know I would miss the cutaway piece in the dead of winter.

It seems like the heat is caused by a pocket of dead air right next to the engine.  (Perfect for 35 degree days.)  If I could just get some air flowing through there to break up that bubble it would make a big difference.  Since those vents swivel, even a small stream of air on the hottest spot would help.  I would get one for the left side to match but would cut almost all of the back part off because of clearance issues with the horn mount bracket and frame.  Making black plugs for the backside (complete with "Remove before flight" streamers) would be easy.

The cheaper black vent with the big slots would probably be the most practical but I'd have go for the silouette model for style points.