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Old May 14, 2012 | 02:40 PM
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So I am new to the air cooled motorcycle world (and this forum) and was just wondering what are the best mods you can do to help the engine run as cool as possible? From what I have researched oil coolers aren't really effective if you get stuck in traffic since you have no air flow. I was curious more along the lines of slow speeds and/or a lot of stop and go.

My Dyna is basically stock, with just XIEDs and I run HD Syn 3 in the engine, transmission and primary. And a set of SE wires.

Any tips would be great!
 
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