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My 1000S has an oil temp gauge. Interestingly, the highest oil temp occurs when on the freeway; bike was running at 300F when cruising at 80 mph on a 85F day. When slowing down the temp drops quickly. Would have thought that running through town, with less airflow, would log higher temps than the freeway, but no.
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My temp gauge has 160, 210 and 320 markings, but no "red zone" - I think it should have one. She seems to take forever to even get to 160, but after a while of highway cruising, gets too close to the top marking for my comfort.Originally posted by Nessism View Post
That's why today she gets an 1150 cooler installed. I'm very interested to see the effect it has.1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red
2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.Comment
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The OP has a 400 twin , not an 1150. If it's tuned anywhere near correctly it won't have a problem.Comment
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Still interesting to hear all the data everyone's collected on different bikes.Originally posted by tkent02 View PostComment
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The 16 valve engines don't have enough cooling fins and air flow passages in the head. They can get hot.
The eight valve engines, not so much. No problems at all unless they are way out of tune or someone uses light weight sewing machine oil (or no oil) or rides around with two inches of mud packed into the cooling fins, or maybe pin the thottle forever in deep sand or mud where you can't get up to speed for any airflow..
It's just not a problem on a well tuned machine ridden normally, even in much hotter places than Saskatoon…
There are thousands of air cooled bikes zipping around Delhi India with no troubles.
If you don't know, it's hot as Hell there. Same in the middle east.
Same in our desert Southwest. Same in Africa, Brazil, or anywhere else.
These bikes were designed to keep a safe temperature, even when there is mud in the fins, even when they are ridden in sand or mud, even when someone sit in traffic in South America for a long time. More than enough cooling fins unless you really try to cook it up.Comment
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