Oil Coolers. . . . .
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RE: Oil Coolers. . . . .
I put a K&P Engineering oil filter on my bike last summer and that alone reduced my riding temps during the summer from 15-20 degrees. I very rarely get temps above 210 any more. I also run Royal Purple or Amsoil, depending on how good a price I can find. Would consider adding an oil cooler for even better protection someday.
Rick
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RE: Oil Coolers. . . . .
Nick are you in the city? I'm on the Island and have never found the need for one. I ride the expressway often but mostly on the east end. I'm usually moving and if it's jammed up, I just take another route.
If you're riding around the city or the boroughs, you may want to consider one especially if you spend a lot of time sitting in traffic. If I lived in the south or out in Az, I'd have one. You may want to first pick up an oil gauge with a temp reading.You'd have to keep an eye on it & seehow hot theoil gets. Also syn oil may be some help.
Nice photo & bike
If you're riding around the city or the boroughs, you may want to consider one especially if you spend a lot of time sitting in traffic. If I lived in the south or out in Az, I'd have one. You may want to first pick up an oil gauge with a temp reading.You'd have to keep an eye on it & seehow hot theoil gets. Also syn oil may be some help.
Nice photo & bike
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RE: Oil Coolers. . . . .
Here's the one I'm running on my FXRS, along with the Jagg thermostat:
http://www.jagg.com/deluxe.htm
http://www.jagg.com/deluxe.htm
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From: Arizona
RE: Oil Coolers. . . . .
ORIGINAL: LIRIDE
Nick are you in the city? I'm on the Island and have never found the need for one. I ride the expressway often but mostly on the east end. I'm usually moving and if it's jammed up, I just take another route.
If you're riding around the city or the boroughs, you may want to consider one especially if you spend a lot of time sitting in traffic. If I lived in the south or out in Az, I'd have one. You may want to first pick up an oil gauge with a temp reading.You'd have to keep an eye on it & seehow hot theoil gets. Also syn oil may be some help.
Nice photo & bike
Nick are you in the city? I'm on the Island and have never found the need for one. I ride the expressway often but mostly on the east end. I'm usually moving and if it's jammed up, I just take another route.
If you're riding around the city or the boroughs, you may want to consider one especially if you spend a lot of time sitting in traffic. If I lived in the south or out in Az, I'd have one. You may want to first pick up an oil gauge with a temp reading.You'd have to keep an eye on it & seehow hot theoil gets. Also syn oil may be some help.
Nice photo & bike
Yes I have one on my 100" RevTec. Yes I run Amsoil (100% syn motorcycle Oil). I have a Jagg cooler with a Lockhart thermistat in line.
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From: Brooklyn NYC
RE: Oil Coolers. . . . .
Thanks for the feedback guyz & the compliment on my photo too.
I’ll prob install an oil cooler this spring. I’m handy with a wrench and do most of the work on my scooters myself.
I ride both NYC hard-core traffic and wide open roads. I’ve been on metric water-cooled bikes for years and they get H O T in the summer. I can only imagine a 96 cubic inch air cooled monster stuck in bumper to bumper. . . . Cook my legs. I feel the engine heat now and it's cold out there.
I have a thermometer oil dip stick already and I keep an eye on it but I’ve been riding in the winter so I prob can't gauge it just yet.
Will show yous guyz photos after I do the install. . . . I also have a bunch of bling for my ride (I call her Athena FYI) since Christmas soo she’ll be getting her pimp on soon too.
I’ll prob install an oil cooler this spring. I’m handy with a wrench and do most of the work on my scooters myself.
I ride both NYC hard-core traffic and wide open roads. I’ve been on metric water-cooled bikes for years and they get H O T in the summer. I can only imagine a 96 cubic inch air cooled monster stuck in bumper to bumper. . . . Cook my legs. I feel the engine heat now and it's cold out there.
I have a thermometer oil dip stick already and I keep an eye on it but I’ve been riding in the winter so I prob can't gauge it just yet.
Will show yous guyz photos after I do the install. . . . I also have a bunch of bling for my ride (I call her Athena FYI) since Christmas soo she’ll be getting her pimp on soon too.
RE: Oil Coolers. . . . .
Anyone looked at the Jagg oil coolers for FL softies? I was looking at them because I like the Low Profile mounting system and considering putting one on my FX. I was thinkin of getting one of the HD Bullet air dams for the softails and cutting a air channel in the front of the scoop to funnel air over the cooler. I was considering it last summer and got sidetracked on other projects this winter.
Russ
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LIRIDE, I though the L.I. Expressway was the worlds biggest parking lot. When I left the island 26 years ago it was 4 lanes of bumper to bumper. Last I saw it's now 8 lanes with valet parking.