Oil Cooler for Fat Boy??
#21
01-04-2016, 11:56 AM
6th Gear
#23
01-07-2016, 08:57 AM
Stellar HDF Member
I understand your concern, but I'll save the money for other bling.
I laugh at myself each time I think I can out-engineer the MoCo. I keep forgetting that they've beenworking with air-cooled motorsfor 105 years, with very few heat-related failures.
I have synthetic oils in all three holes that can handle temps far beyond what iginition or theweather can do to it. I am quite certain that I am not hurting my motor or cooking the oil.
An oil cooler is one more thing to break, leak, or collect bugs. It won't do a thing to help when you are stopped in traffic, and the newer ECMs have a built-in protection that will drop the rear cylinder from firing if things get too hot. (older ECM-equipped bikes can get their steelerships to download "parade mode", which is the same thing).
I laugh at myself each time I think I can out-engineer the MoCo. I keep forgetting that they've beenworking with air-cooled motorsfor 105 years, with very few heat-related failures.
I have synthetic oils in all three holes that can handle temps far beyond what iginition or theweather can do to it. I am quite certain that I am not hurting my motor or cooking the oil.
An oil cooler is one more thing to break, leak, or collect bugs. It won't do a thing to help when you are stopped in traffic, and the newer ECMs have a built-in protection that will drop the rear cylinder from firing if things get too hot. (older ECM-equipped bikes can get their steelerships to download "parade mode", which is the same thing).
#24
01-07-2016, 10:01 AM
Seasoned HDF Member
I have a 2000 Fatboy. Not the most HIGH tech of the bikes, but it has 43K
and no oil cooler.
I also considered once, getting an oil cooler. Before I went into the dealership, I looked at all the bikes parked out front (Rossmeyers place....lots of customers bikes to look at).....
I didn't see a single oil cooler that day.
That was the last time I ever 'saved' money at Rossmeyers. LOL
Chuck
and no oil cooler.
I also considered once, getting an oil cooler. Before I went into the dealership, I looked at all the bikes parked out front (Rossmeyers place....lots of customers bikes to look at).....
I didn't see a single oil cooler that day.
That was the last time I ever 'saved' money at Rossmeyers. LOL
Chuck
I live in Florida also and I wouldn't think of venturing out in 95 plus degree weather without a cooler.
The biggest enemy of air-cooled engines is HEAT. All those bikes you saw without coolers are owned by people that won't keep them more that a couple of years so what do they care about excess engine wear? Besides, probably 80% of people that ride motorcycles today don't know squat about the motorcycles they ride anyway. But then what do I know?
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