I may have it wrong but I think Time2ride, was being funny. Re-read his post, but I dont think he was being confrontational.

WB

 

I agree, timetoride wasn't bashing MOCO he was saying that most people on here aren't into solutions, just bashing. T.

 

Installed true duals, oil cooler and a Stage 1 upgrade on my 07. Never had any heat problems in stop and go traffic.

 

I recently put a HD oil cooler on my 07 Ultra and it made a big difference. I have no temp gauge now since my LED dipstick quit working after it got wet. But oil temp was around 245 and at a stoplight my thighs were a burnin [:@]

Now with the oil cooler at a stoplight it feels like a normal air cooled motor scooter I would like to know what my oil temp is now though.

 

Get the dash mount oil temp gauge and put it in where the USELESS air temp gauge is !
Wish I did that instead of buying the dipstick version (I take it out when washing bike).
Rob ......

 

Last week, I did have to shut down my 07 Ultra while stuck in traffic. I had just ridden 150 miles and ran into major road constructiion. Sat there for 15 minutes and my legs could not take it, so, I shut off the engine. That did not seem to help, if anything, I swear that as soon as I shut her down the heat got worse. I considering parking it on the side of the road or U turning to get some air movemment. I did the U and sped down the highway.

I love my Utra. Have had some great road trips but I am also considering what to do to cool it down. I talked to the dealer about Stage I with pipes and SERT - they quoted me $2K with required dyno. I'm now investigating EFI modules pipes and air. My dealer warned me that if I did the work it could void my warranty.

charlesk

 

You didn't say what you were riding, but on my ultra I removed lowers for summer. Added the fullsac true dual and rj original. I also added the thundermax. You don't have to go that far but more fuel seemed to help the most. Mine is still warm but no worse than my 04 rk. Good luck

 

Well my apologies if the comments were meant in a joking manner. I just didn't want the post to degrade into a slaggin match, I'm really looking for a solution to the heat from the crossover.

Someone asked about the shutting down of the bike... I had to pull off once and shut the bike down on Skyline Drive. Got stuck behind a line painting crew and was crawling along and stop/starting in 85+ temps. It got really hot on the crotch so I pulled off for a few minutes to give myself a break from the heat. The bike itself didn't shut down and didn't appear to be overtemped in any way. The crossover area was just really throwing some heat. Oh and I've been riding for some 35+ years so I'm neither new to riding or HD's.

I think I'll start with some TD's and then see where it goes from there. So I suppose the next question is really which TD Headers would folks here recommend?

ps...I really do apologies to Time2ride if he was making a joke.... T

 

The fullsac's were around $150 with the 02 bungs compared to $600 for the rest. They seem to work fine for me. just my .02

 

Don't think you can just eliminate the crossover; you'll not be able to use the stock left muffler (it's more like just a resonating chamber) if that's all you do.

Next time you're out at night, pull into a dark area and have a look at the wye pipe while the engine's running. Mine shows significant color, markedly more so than the front head pipe, even after adding a couple percent duty-cycle factor for the rear cylinder injectors at/around idle (running stock headers with Rush slip-ons). It's obviously a large part of the perceived heat problem.

Care to elaborate?