I work on cars and bikes.

I am in the habit of glancing at the gauges once in a while.

oil pressure is crucial...and a lower than normal OP reading under hot conditions gives an indication of oil thinning out due to high heat.


But I really doubt that's I'd spend time staring at an oil temp gauge in the dash.


I do have the dipstick with led readout which give s a "pretty good" display of oil level and a very accurate oil temp.

I can reach down hit the button and glance at it at a stop or while riding it I am concerned


mike

 

The only gauge I watch is the fuel gauge.....and sometimes the speedometer.

 

Going digital would involve getting all new gauges because no one wants things on their bike that match.

On another note, I very seldom if ever look at the dang thing. If I'm sweating like a horse it's hot, if I'm colder than a witches teat in a brass bra it cold.

 

I agree with the uselessness of the ATG, but what about an air press gauge (assumming)key word, you could mount a small air pump in the faring or out of sight some where else and operate the rear shocks with it??

 

..Plus, the OTG...you have to know whether the 'needle' is supposed to be ON the dash....to the LEFT or the RIGHT of the dash. I think someone may have posted awhile ago, how to turn the air temp gauge into an oil temp gauge. You of course, would ignore
the temp numbers, but only observe the needle. If the needle is in the middle, GOOD! Needle to the right, BAD.
My saying: "Go to a bike night/bike rally....and look at the number of bikes with oil coolers."
Don't worry too much about it.

Chuck

 

I picked up a harley OTG on Ebay a while back, put the sensor in the extra plug in the pan. I also have a fan where the horn used to be, and 3 small brushless fans behind the oil cooler. The fans are wired to the aux switch on the dash. The fan that blows between the cly has the ability to lower head temps from 275 deg down to 215 deg in about 3 min. The reason I know this is I'm running the ThunderMax closed loop ECM. When I run the one of the required calibrations , the IAC cal , I must start cold and idle until the bike reaches 275 deg. This is done with my lap top and thunder max program. My lap top shows the head temp along with rich lean status rpm timing ect. The point is I have a small amount of control over cooling if I am caught in trafic. Or pulling my trailer in the mountains , running it hard. Yea I dont dwell on the gauge but it is good info. I am new to this forum just my experience

Dave

 

Hello,

I'd like to install The Autometer "OTG". Has anyone tried the Autometer 2543?
Can you advise if there is a need for HD specific fittings/ or other mods to install this gauge in 06 EG. Are all needed parts included?

Thanks,
Robert

 

I put the oil temp gauge in mine and just keep an eye on it so I can tell if something is going wrong , I don't worry about it or know hoe accurate it is but I know what normal is for my bike and just go from there

 

There you go. Exactly.

As for all you oil temperature obsessors, take heart....HD gauges are not precision instruments.

 

No,you got it all wrong! Those air temp gauges are great! They let you know what you already know just so you'll know.