Temperature for fan enagement

Hi Everybody,

Quick question for my own sanity! My fan stopped working with the thermo switch in the radiator. Some quick testing lead to a replacement fan switch. The new one, which is a genuine 'made in Japan' Tourmax, which I believe is the OEM maker, arrived and I fitted it. The fan now doesn't kick in until the temp gauge is way up near 3/4 or 7/8. When it does kick in it only does so until it comes down to about 5/8 up the gauge.

I am right in thinking that's waaaay to high. All my previous non branded £3 fan switches kicked in under half way and stayed on until the gauge was down to about 1/4. I am much more comfortable with that so I want to see what everyone else's fans are doing. 

Luckily with this heat I have an additional manual fan switch but it's very easy to forget when filtering through heavy traffic.

P.S. The Tourmax on temperature is 82 degree's Celsius which is actually supposed to be 3 degrees lower that the cheapo switch I took off.

Mine use to get halfway up the gauge before coming on think mine 80c on... I've got a short on my fan as the fuse keeps blowing so you know...

For anyone who is interested. Turns out the Tourmax switch was miles off base and it wasn't me or the gauge being stupid. I replaced with a Wemoto one which now cuts in way to early! It didn't have an on temp marking on the body which made me a bit sceptical. At least too early is much better than too late. Just means my fan will pretty much be on all the time in this weather.

I guess if you want an accurate fan switch, best bet is to buy 3 super cheapo ones and test them for yourself on the bike. Still cheaper than the £45 Tourmax and £30 Wemoto part!