Interesting Harley Advisory Survey
#11
09-05-2009 | 06:01 AM
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,542
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From: Cocoa Beach, Florida
Surveys... I don't fill out any stinkin' surveys...
Ok... I did the first one... sort of... I left the entire thing blank except for the comments section and in there I told them to come back in a couple of years and I'd let them know how I feel...
Personally I could care less which direction Harley goes from here on out... The ones I have will last me until I can't ride no more...
Charlie D.
Ok... I did the first one... sort of... I left the entire thing blank except for the comments section and in there I told them to come back in a couple of years and I'd let them know how I feel...
Personally I could care less which direction Harley goes from here on out... The ones I have will last me until I can't ride no more...
Charlie D.
. Sometimes retirement sukz, especially when I realize I'm just an adolescent (mentally anyway 
).
#12
09-05-2009 | 06:18 AM
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 22,998
Likes: 12,259
From: Arkansas
Haven't heard of any of them melting yet. Been working fine for 106 years without water in em. If it ain't broke don't fix it. 74" got us down the road just fine. 88" works good too. 96" and up causing a problem? Don't buy em.
Just my tired old opinion. Don't mean I'm right but that's the way I feel about it.
Just my tired old opinion. Don't mean I'm right but that's the way I feel about it.
#14
09-05-2009 | 09:21 AM
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Joined: Oct 2007
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From: New England
"one gram of oil can absorb about 55% of the heat for the same rise in temperature (called the specific heat capacity). Oil has about 90% the density of water, so a given volume of oil can absorb only about 50% of the energy of the same volume of water. The thermal conductivity of water is about 4 times that of oil, which can aid heat transfer. The viscosity of oil can be ten times greater than water, increasing the energy required to pump oil for cooling, and reducing the net power output of the engine."
#15
09-05-2009 | 09:33 AM
Extreme HDF Member
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 13,389
Likes: 26
From: Windham,Maine
Me included,no water!
#16
09-05-2009 | 09:53 AM
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,542
Likes: 2
From: Cocoa Beach, Florida
Sorry, but the science doesn't support that statement.
"one gram of oil can absorb about 55% of the heat for the same rise in temperature (called the specific heat capacity). Oil has about 90% the density of water, so a given volume of oil can absorb only about 50% of the energy of the same volume of water. The thermal conductivity of water is about 4 times that of oil, which can aid heat transfer. The viscosity of oil can be ten times greater than water, increasing the energy required to pump oil for cooling, and reducing the net power output of the engine."
"one gram of oil can absorb about 55% of the heat for the same rise in temperature (called the specific heat capacity). Oil has about 90% the density of water, so a given volume of oil can absorb only about 50% of the energy of the same volume of water. The thermal conductivity of water is about 4 times that of oil, which can aid heat transfer. The viscosity of oil can be ten times greater than water, increasing the energy required to pump oil for cooling, and reducing the net power output of the engine."
Last edited by RangeRat; 09-05-2009 at 09:55 AM.
#17
09-05-2009 | 09:55 AM
all i know is if the day comes that harley makes all their bikes water cooled everyone on this site will have more value in their current bikes. i figure i could get double what i have into my bike... 
#18
09-05-2009 | 10:28 AM
Ultimate HDF Member
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 7,476
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From: Republic of Texas
They have a water cooled bike already--V-Rod. There isn't one in my garage and there isn't one in my future. That says it all. For the people that like them they are great but I belong to the category that doesn't.
