Oil Temp

[Caseyuconn]

Anyone care to post a picture of their oil temp gauge on their 1100 at normal operating temperature?

I did a CT to Newport RI ride this weekend and my temperature gauge was constantly showing near 300 range. (Granted the gauge only has 210 and 320 so I am estimating)

It kind of concerned me, however the bike seemed to run fine. Im running Rotella 15W-40 btw.

Ill post a picture of my gauge at Normal Operating Temp this week but it would be interesting to see everyones needle position.

[GS1100ez]

since i put the cooler on my 1100 sits right at 210

[Homie]

This is a pretty normal temperature for a GS1100E under warm conditions

270 degrees Fahrenheit = 132.222222 degrees Celsius

After putting the compufire on mine dropped to about

220 degrees Fahrenheit = 104.444444 degrees Celsius
which is verging on cold. Just high enough to get rid of condensation.

I would call HOT over

300 degrees Fahrenheit = 148.888889 degrees Celsius

With the midwest broiling in a heat-wave, I was also "concerned" about what a "normal" operating oil temp might be. On a 95-100F day my oil temp will run a bit over the "210" mark, so I'm guessing 220-230F or so.

Your observation as to the dramatic difference in oil temp after installing the compufire RR is interesting. I always thought that the RR converted excess voltage into heat which was then dissapated through the heat sink on the RR.

Did you do the stator oil jet mod concurrently with installing the compufire RR? Could the big difference in temp be atributed partly to that mod? Keeping the stator cool before it has a chance to heat up and transfer that heat to the oil?