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That is not engine oil temperature, that is cylinder head temperature. Were you doing a lot of stop and go like in traffic? Was the outside temperature super high? My bike will get that hot if it is very hot outside and I am stuck in traffic.
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It was about 70 degrees outside and I was not in traffic, just riding around the suburbs. Demo mode on the fp3 iphone app shows temps in the 380's. What's a dangerous range for that reading?
I've sent a request to V&H to send me the map file for Softail + 2:1 + Heavy breather, shouldn't be any different than a lo, fatboy, or whatever... It's a little annoying that they've made the app so generic that you can't manually select a combination.
I've sent a request to V&H to send me the map file for Softail + 2:1 + Heavy breather, shouldn't be any different than a lo, fatboy, or whatever... It's a little annoying that they've made the app so generic that you can't manually select a combination.
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Yeah, that is way hot for that. For typical riding, where you are not stopping and going a lot, and at 70 degrees, you shouldn't be seeing more than like 250 or so max.
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We are talking about cylinder head temperature, not oil temp. What is your head temp?
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I don't keep mine on my bike either, my speedo has a readout for cylinder head temp.
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