I am fairly new to Harley and new to posting on the forum so hopefully I did this right. I have a 2006 Electra Glide Classic. I was riding the other day around town and it was hot (95 degrees). I noticed the air temp gauge was reading about 125 degrees. I was wondering if that was normal or what kind of temps I should be seeing on the bike. Also, how hot should it get before I worry. I see people have discussed oil temp however I don't have an oil temp gauge on the bike. I am running amsoil in all 3 holes. Any help would be appreciated

 

most of the air temp gauges are....... a little off....and it varies. sometimes mine reads up to 10 degrees off, sometimes but not often, its right on. lots of folks replace the air temp gauge with an oil temp gauge. oh yeah, welcome to the forum....

 

Air temp gauge on the bike is pretty useless. They have tried moving it to various locations within the fairing and it has gotten better, but still jot accurate.

 

Clue: "around town". Did that entail a lot of stop and go? First, the air temp gauge is notoriously inaccurate and useless. If you can't feel that you are too hot or too cold, only then you might need one. Next, the gauge reads the temp where the sensor is. If the wind or traffic situation is such that engine heat surrounds the sensor, that is what you will see as the temperature. Because of that, it is roughly accurate only while moving fast enough to keep the engine heat away from the sensor.

As you indicated, if you are interested in engine temp, an oil temp gauge is a better indicator of that. Other than small changes (cat removal and mixture changes) there is little you can do to control engine temp anyway. EITMS is about all we have and it is automatic if you haven't turned it off.

 

I appreciate the responses. I guess I would be better off with the oil temp then.

 

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$150 for a oil gauge. I guess I just need to laugh and suck it up. What kind of oil temp range should i be looking to see as "normal"?

 

will just give you something else to worry about. The oil you're running will handle the engine heat just fine. Keep your fluids topped up, change them occasionally, and ride. Simple. Oh, and save yourself $150 bucks while you're at it.

 

I like the fact I always know the temperature inside my fairing. I am considering replacing the volt & oil pressure gauges with air temp so I can monitor both saddlebags too.

 

I added the air/oil pressure gauges to mine. The air sensor was to be mounted in the fairing. Knowing the inaccuracy this caused, I mounted it on the bottom of the triple tree, in the open air. It fit perfect and works flawless even though I had to splice in a foot or so of wire.