I've got a TTS tuned stage 1 with a ceramic coated 2-1 pipe,a Baker +1.5 pan and Jason's early opening oil cooler thermostat. Yes it runs cooler than stock,but not enough. The cam is the final link. I'll go to a Crane 300-2, if i do head work it'll be a RS 527. We will see how this works next year.................

 

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Exactly! You'll suffer heat damage before the bike will.

 

Temps here in Ft Worth last week were over 100 degrees, hit 107 one day. I ride in traffic and on freeways, bike does go into 'Parade Mode' at red lights, but no problems. For me, I wear 1/2 helmet, HD mesh jacket and a recently purchased HD cool vest.

 

I just spent all day cruising around Los Angeles on Friday. It was mid-90's temps and traffic at times was stop n crawl. My '09 RK never broke 238* on the oil temp gauge even crawling in bad traffic.

The recipe:
1) Jason's FCS cooling fans
2) Jagg 10-row Oil Cooler w/out Thermostat
3) PCV and MAP from Jaimie
4) Stage I set-up

The FCS fans make an amazing difference here, with the Oil Cooler being a close second. Fuel management (not running too lean) and Stage I are also something I'd suggest. I made all these changes from a stock 96" bike over about a year and a half period to keep it all within my budget. Very happy with the final results.

In that heavy traffic the oil temp hovered at 235-238* - this is at least 30* cooler (in fact previously it would have hit 270-280* in a prolonged situation like this) than it would have run without the FCS fans. When moving the Jagg Oil Cooler would have done just fine on it's own, but the problem comes when you're NOT moving, that's when things really heat up fast. The FCS fans make this a non-issue.

On the open road at 80 mph in 95* weather? It ran at 215-220* all day long. A long up-hill mountain grade thrown in? Make that 225-235*. When the bike was completely stock it would have been running at least 250-260* under those same conditions (75 mph on freeway on a 95* day).

Those who say "the bike can take the heat"... Yes it can, but YOU can't. "I'll just pull over and stop for awhile"... Well you'll be doing a helluva lot of pulling over and stopping (and getting no-where) if this is your method of dealing with it in punishing heat/stop n go traffic.

I do agree, a lot of this is more for rider comfort than anything else, but then again if you can't ride it without spending half your time stopped in the shade "cooling down", that sucks the big one. I ride every day, everywhere I go, heat or not. And this makes it far easier to enjoy it more comfortably. The heat radiating off that motor directly correlates to YOUR comfort and ability to ride (or take the truck with A/C) or not. I'd rather be riding...