~ 30F Cooler engine for $20 - this worked for me!!!
#42
08-29-2007, 06:06 PM
Tourer
RE: ~ 30F Cooler engine for $20 - this worked for me!!!
I've been reading everything and anything pertaining to oil temp on many forums. If I understand this right? Air baffle -30 deg, Mobil1 -15 deg, finned thingy on the oil filter -10 deg, oil cooler -15 deg ... Looks like negitive 70 degrees from 225deg operating temp. I will install all that stuff on my bike and start a thread.. "Engine running too cold" [sm=noooo.gif]
#43
08-29-2007, 06:45 PM
RE: ~ 30F Cooler engine for $20 - this worked for me!!!
ORIGINAL: xxxflhrci
On a side note, it is funny how people seem to have temp problems that are all over the map. I hadn't check my oil temp in years, but did Saturday.
It was 95* outside. I rode 20 miles of two lane at 55 or so, followed with 30 miles of interstate at 65/75. I got off the interstate and came thru town, thru a few lights, and pulled in the drive. I left the bike idling in the driveway so she wouldn't cool. It took me a couple of minutes to get to it. I grabbed a meat therometer out of my tool box and checked it's temp against the thermometer hanging in my garage. I shut the bike off, pulled out the dipstick, threw the meat thermometer in and then leaned the bike to the right to get the oil as high up on the prong as I could..........It was right about 200 degrees. That is about where she always runs. The highest I have ever seen it has been 210 to 215........FYI, I just run dino oil, also.
On a side note, it is funny how people seem to have temp problems that are all over the map. I hadn't check my oil temp in years, but did Saturday.
It was 95* outside. I rode 20 miles of two lane at 55 or so, followed with 30 miles of interstate at 65/75. I got off the interstate and came thru town, thru a few lights, and pulled in the drive. I left the bike idling in the driveway so she wouldn't cool. It took me a couple of minutes to get to it. I grabbed a meat therometer out of my tool box and checked it's temp against the thermometer hanging in my garage. I shut the bike off, pulled out the dipstick, threw the meat thermometer in and then leaned the bike to the right to get the oil as high up on the prong as I could..........It was right about 200 degrees. That is about where she always runs. The highest I have ever seen it has been 210 to 215........FYI, I just run dino oil, also.
#44
08-29-2007, 07:23 PM
Road Warrior
#46
08-29-2007, 10:46 PM
#48
08-30-2007, 12:05 AM
RE: ~ 30F Cooler engine for $20 - this worked for me!!!
ORIGINAL: bigdaddy405
I plan on getting one not for cooling, but everyone says it helps with the turbulance around my goatee & face.
I plan on getting one not for cooling, but everyone says it helps with the turbulance around my goatee & face.
If that's what's making the difference, it's the best upside-down ashtray-looking thing in the universe. The difference is huge between the bike... 60-70 MPH on the Sabre, when you turn your head to check before changing lanes, you're neck is suddenly SMACKED to the side in a not-so-nice manner. Side-effect: When your helmet shield gets covered with rain, a turn of just a degree or two to either side immediately clears the shield. Haven't noticed that on the RK though...
In any case, the RK is shockingly easy at highway speeds... I wasn't expecting that at first. If that lil' chunk of metal is responsible, it's brilliant.
#49
08-30-2007, 06:36 AM
Road Warrior
#50
08-30-2007, 01:35 PM
