Touring models and traffic
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From: Bedford UK
Your bike will be fine, as it's designed to be ridden in the hottest desert and coldest winter. It's us riders that tend to suffer, especially in hot weather! There are various ways of reducing engine heat, which may make your life more comfortable, but use them with thermostats so the engine doesn't get over-cooled in colder conditions.
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Joined: Oct 2012
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From: houston, tx
Engine oil can only get so hot, exceed specifications and then it cokes. Once it cooks and cokes, it destroys starting with the oil pump and then everything else follows. At 300 oil temps i look for a place to pull over, at 350 i just pull over on side of the road and shut it down. (my oil temp sensor is in the pan)
When i first rebuilt the engine and was running the Target Tune with a canned MAP my temps were hitting 300 to 350 degrees. As Target Tune progressed it started to bring the temperatures down and engine started running better.
When i first rebuilt the engine and was running the Target Tune with a canned MAP my temps were hitting 300 to 350 degrees. As Target Tune progressed it started to bring the temperatures down and engine started running better.
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From: anacoco, la
and just to throw some extra fun into the mix, hd has changed one of the parameters to be if ambient air temp is over 80*. so even if your bike isn't 'hot' yet, the eitms can still kick in. i guess their thinking is to keep it cooler longer? eventually, it will get up to temp.
but like graham said, these bikes are built to withstand some brutal temps. much higher or lower than you or i could.
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From: Hill Country, Tx
Maybe it's just me, but I don't get all the fuss about the cooling fans. I live in South Texas where the humidity is high and the temps are high in the summer.........hell for a big part of the year. Yes it gets uncomfortable in stop and go traffic, but that's just part of riding a bike. The good with the bad if you will. I don't even have the eitms enabled. Never once have I had a problem with the way the bike ran. I will say I work outside year round so I'm used to the temps.
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Ok, so I'm seeing quite a bit of reference to eitms and "rolling the throttle forward". Keep in mind, the bike I'm referring to is an 01, 88cu.... It doesn't have these modern features that kicks off the front cylinder to assist in cooling (or is it rear.... either way, doesn't work in my situation).
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate any and all comments, just a reminder
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate any and all comments, just a reminder
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From: Orange County
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But.... add another bike to the stable? Yeah... I'd do that if I could as well.
