Hot!!!
I cut a flap right above where the cat is in the header.
Used a 1" hole saw to get most of the cat out...messy stuff.
Then a grinder to get the rest out. Got to get it all, don't want a piece being sucked back up into the cylinder.
Used a vacuum to get all extra material out of the headers.
Laid down a bead about 1/4" tall and 1/4" wide all around the inside wall of where the cat material used to be. (helps a bit with reversion)
Welded the flap back on. With the heat shield on you can't even see any work was ever done.
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If you are still running too hot after what you have done, I would suspect your tune still needs some work.
Also, all oil coolers are not the same.
When I replaced the HD oil cooler with a Jagg fan assisted oil cooler, it brought the temps down 25*!
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I note that the software that allows the rear cylinder to cut out when at a stop sign does not cut in until oil temp reaches about 278 degrees. That should be your "heads up" that it is time to get moving or park for awhile should the temp get up around 325 degrees or so.
curious as to why you quit using synthetic? i know you said with your riding style, your oil temp doesn't get that hot, but syn has other properties other than higher heat stability.
i think that one of the things that people don't realize is that if you are feeling a lot of heat, then the engine is doing what it's designed to do, shed the heat. before i did the stage 1, i thought my bike was running hot (sure did feel that way to me) so after a hard run one day, i wanted to see just how hot. used a digital thermometer and the oil temp was just over 230*.
now thats not to say that all the things we do to cool things off aren't needed, but these engines do a pretty good job of getting rid of the heat vs holding it inside.
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+1 on that. The Road King isn't as hot as the bikes with fairings, but they still run way hotter than an 88. The money you'd spend just to cool off the 103 would set your 06 up nicely with a 95" kit and you'd end up with more horsepower and torque than the cooled off 103.
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