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Oct 4, 2010 | 12:44 PM

DXHD $100

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From: Ivor VA

Oil Temperature Dip sticks

I know if I would look long enough I would find this question has already been answered but I do not have the patients. I have been looking at both the manual and the LED dip stick can any one give me their experience with either?

Oct 4, 2010 | 12:54 PM

Reino_79

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Ive got the manual temp dial dip stick. I like it. Im not sure how accurate either is but it seems to work okay. Ive heard some negative results on the other and thats one of the reasons I went with the dial, that and cost.

Oct 4, 2010 | 12:59 PM

doghair

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My analog works fine. I don't think it atomic clock accurate but it's consistent and gives me what I need to know.

I have read a lot about the digitals having a short life.

Oct 4, 2010 | 01:00 PM

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Thanks the cost on the other is nasty.

Oct 4, 2010 | 01:15 PM

Hollywood Ball

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Read a lot about failures on the digital one. Go analog. I think it has more "cool" factor, too.

Oct 4, 2010 | 01:27 PM

LocoPilot750

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I bought mine at a Harley dealer. $29.95 One of the cheapest things I've bought there. Seeing 220-230 deg most of the time. I've got a pearl white bike, and the white dial really stands out against the chrome oil tank. (And it also matches my white dial Rolex Explorer II !)

Oct 4, 2010 | 01:27 PM

Earl IV

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I've only had my digital gauge (and the bike) for 3 months, so I can't speak to reliability, but I do like it

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Oct 4, 2010 | 01:31 PM

ngoti8tor

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When I was looking for one, a lot of guys that had bought the digital model said they screwed up on them. Some said the batteries would discharge fast, others said the displays would go on them, and some even said a few came apart on them.
I went looking at the Harley dealer and the parts guy told me not to waste my money on the digital, so I bought the analog (or manual) model. I checked it with a pot of boiling water against a kitchen meat thermometer and it was quite close to the same temperature.