Oil Temp Guage
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Having the gauge is not so much a matter of oil temperature accuracy as much as it is a means for you to monitor your oil temps at any certain time under any certain conditions. Oil temperature is a relative thing. Sitting side by side with another bike, you will not always have matching temps. Use it to monitor your bikes operating oil temps on short runs and long highway trips. If it is 65* and you are at full operating temps, you will have a certain oil temp reading. If it is 85* and you are at full operating temps your oil temps will be higher. if you are in stop and go traffic your temps will rise and if you are moving your temps will drop. It's all relative. If your scoot is running at peak performance and the oil temps are in the 180* to 220* range you are running good. Don't obsess over it.
Last edited by soos; Mar 20, 2010 at 09:58 PM.
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The accuracy of those gauges is debatable. I find them almost as useless as the air temp gauge. I understand that there are many that like them but i will stick with the hand held infrared for its accuracy and the ability to measure the temps of every part of the bike in seconds.
Last edited by iclick; Mar 21, 2010 at 12:54 PM.
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Do you remove your dip stick first? How does it tell the oil temperature?
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Oil temp gauge is nothing more than a sanity check. I got this one for $45 bucks on ebay and it works great!
http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugede...id=3578&sid=61
See pictures, fits just fine, the second pic shows the slight gap which is really not noticeable when sitting on the bike. This one comes with every you need but the wire which is 50 cents at home depot. Don't waste your money on a $140 gauge, that's a lot of beer! Go with the beer, ESB should be coming out in two weeks!!!!
http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugede...id=3578&sid=61
See pictures, fits just fine, the second pic shows the slight gap which is really not noticeable when sitting on the bike. This one comes with every you need but the wire which is 50 cents at home depot. Don't waste your money on a $140 gauge, that's a lot of beer! Go with the beer, ESB should be coming out in two weeks!!!!
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How long does it take you to get off that bike?
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Rodger McEwan Oil Temp Gauge
http://www.speedsupplies.com/accesso...asp?item=42570
is what I and many others on this site have.
You can't really tell it's not stock.
Matches the 09 SG's gauges.
Look it up on this site.
Lots of threads on it.
http://www.speedsupplies.com/accesso...asp?item=42570
is what I and many others on this site have.
You can't really tell it's not stock.
Matches the 09 SG's gauges.
Look it up on this site.
Lots of threads on it.