Water cooled Ultra.
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From: Arkansas Ozarks
Water cooled Ultra.
I just got back from a three day ride through the Arkansas Ozarks and spent a couple of days in Eureka Springs. (I highly recommend the old Crescent Hotel). The weather man was threatening rain the whole trip but we were fortunate that it only rained at night except for the last leg of the trip. After eating lunch at the Ozark Cafe in downtown Jasper, we headed south on scenic Highway 7. Temps were in the low 80's and the engine oiltemp guage was showing just under 230 degrees after warm up. About halfway to Russellville the bottom fell out and I ended up riding about 75 miles in the pouring rain. Interestingly, I scanned the instruments while it was raining and noticed the oil temp guage was indicating below 180 degrees and stayed that way the whole time it was raining no matter what speed and RPMI was running. Maybe Harley is missing out on this whole water cooled thing, my Ultra seemed to run pretty good with a water cooled TC96.
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From: SW Minnesota
RE: Water cooled Ultra.
The biggest benefit of water cooling is a consistant temp, to help with the EPA regulations. A water cooled engine would not have cooling fins, and would probably raise the temp of your engine to about 220 degrees, rather than let it run at 180 degrees. Engines need to run at least at boiling point (212 F) to boil off water contamination.
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From: sand mountain Alabama
RE: Water cooled Ultra.
Not true completely. The vtx is has water cooled heads and fins. Some of the Goldwings -the only water cooled engine besides the Vlak.-have fins and the Valk. is all water cooled and has fins. But those are only Hondas
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From: SW Minnesota
RE: Water cooled Ultra.
ORIGINAL: dirtdobber
Not true completely. The vtx is has water cooled heads and fins. Some of the Goldwings -the only water cooled engine besides the Vlak.-have fins and the Valk. is all water cooled and has fins. But those are only Hondas
Not true completely. The vtx is has water cooled heads and fins. Some of the Goldwings -the only water cooled engine besides the Vlak.-have fins and the Valk. is all water cooled and has fins. But those are only Hondas
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RE: Water cooled Ultra.
VTX fins are just for show. Take em off and the motor looks strange but is not otherwise affected. That being said, they are not plastic.
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Road Captain
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From: North West PA
RE: Water cooled Ultra.
I don't care if the MOCO puts aradiator on the 96" power plant.If ***** G did it, you couldn't see it anyway. Harley's arethe coolest looking and most fun bikes on the planet, with or without a radiator. Heck, I may put an oil cooler onmine anyway.
If we had a combo air/water cooled Ultra Classichog with even more performance, then GREAT !!I'll buy it. I love my Ultra Classic, and as far as purists go, I'll leave that to fly fisherman. I'm all abouttechnology improvements with tradition blended in.
If we had a combo air/water cooled Ultra Classichog with even more performance, then GREAT !!I'll buy it. I love my Ultra Classic, and as far as purists go, I'll leave that to fly fisherman. I'm all abouttechnology improvements with tradition blended in.
