Right, back to the fan.
I'm quite confident the 748 fan will do the business cooling the motor as its designed to do from the Ducati 748 up to the 999, and although the Ducati is a L twin apposed the other way its still a twin and so is the CX500.
Now then, soldering wires.
When I was a kid my Dad taught me how to solder wiring, and I've done it this way ever since without problems. My Dad used soldering flux and so do I, although I have been told by quite a few people I shouldnt. I did try to solder without flux but I cant get the solder to run or stick. My mate Porky said when he tried to solder he had the same problem, so he gave up. I showed him what my Dad taught me and what works, works. Now Pork has no problems soldering. If you also have had issues with soldering this is what I do.
First cut your wire to the length you require then trim back the outer coating and twist the end then add flux.
Do this to both ends of the wire you want to join, then twist the two ends together. Apply solder to the ens of your iron and hold it under, but touching the joint. As the flux burns off it will suck the solder up into the wire. Then with the iron still under the wire touch the top of the wire with solder to get a really good covering and a strong bond.
Remove the iron and it will set almost instantly, but be careful as it will still be very hot.
Once it cools down just wipe off any flux thats left on the wire with a rag, then slip a section of schrink tube over the joint.
I like to use a hot ait paint stripper gun to schrink it down as there is less chance of burning the wire than if I use a flame.
And thats about it really. not hard to do, and its worked for me for 30 years, so why change now.
As soon as the paint dries on the cowel I'll get the fan bolted back on, but for now I'll figure out what I'm going to take my switched live feed from.
