Air Temp Gauge
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Air Temp Gauge
After just getting back from a great ride out through Glacier and then down and over Beartooth Pass, once again I don't understand the Air Temp gauge. Where is the sensor located? It sure isn't giving you the ambient air temp, near as I can figure it might be the air temp coming up off the road. As far as I'm concerned it's useless. Does someone know of a good replacement that will actually read the ambient air temperature?
Louie
Louie
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After just getting back from a great ride out through Glacier and then down and over Beartooth Pass, once again I don't understand the Air Temp gauge. Where is the sensor located? It sure isn't giving you the ambient air temp, near as I can figure it might be the air temp coming up off the road. As far as I'm concerned it's useless. Does someone know of a good replacement that will actually read the ambient air temperature?
Louie
Louie
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What he said. It picks up heat from the from cylinder. It is out of the flow of air from around the fairing, thus it is useless. I replaced it with an oil temp gauge.
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From: Houston
Useless is the truth. but if your already outside and over the age of 10 you should be able to guess the air temp close enough. My iPhone is a good replacement.
I'd rather have an analog clock to match the other gauges.
Oil temp is pretty much useless too, I mean, if its hot I'm not going to stop riding till I'm ready anyway.
I'd rather have an analog clock to match the other gauges.
Oil temp is pretty much useless too, I mean, if its hot I'm not going to stop riding till I'm ready anyway.
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Probably thee most useless, ridiculous part on the entire bike.
I actually can not think of a more useless part.
I actually can not think of a more useless part.
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I have a REALLY accurate temp gauge that works perfectly all the time.....
If I'm wearing a t-shirt, jeans, and boots, and I'm sweating my A$$ off, it's really hot.
If I'm wearing a t-shirt, jeans, and boots, and I'm comfortable, the temp is perfect.
If I'm wearing a light leather jacket with the above and light gloves, it's nice and cool.
If I'm wearing the heavy leather jacket, the heavy gloves, and the chaps with the above, it's cold.
If I'm wearing the heavy leather jacket, the heavy gloves, the chaps, the neck gore-tex thing, the face gore-tex wrap, and I have the little heat packets in both boots, both gloves, and the full-face helmet on, and I'm shivering, it's really damn cold.
I think that covers it!!!!!
-My friend and I went over Vail pass a long time ago, it was 22 degrees in the shade, and we froze our A$$ES off! We stopped at the next truck stop and bought like 50 of the little shake-and-pop hand warmers, big gloves, and scarves........ A GREAT trip!
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If I'm wearing a t-shirt, jeans, and boots, and I'm sweating my A$$ off, it's really hot.
If I'm wearing a t-shirt, jeans, and boots, and I'm comfortable, the temp is perfect.
If I'm wearing a light leather jacket with the above and light gloves, it's nice and cool.
If I'm wearing the heavy leather jacket, the heavy gloves, and the chaps with the above, it's cold.
If I'm wearing the heavy leather jacket, the heavy gloves, the chaps, the neck gore-tex thing, the face gore-tex wrap, and I have the little heat packets in both boots, both gloves, and the full-face helmet on, and I'm shivering, it's really damn cold.
I think that covers it!!!!!
-My friend and I went over Vail pass a long time ago, it was 22 degrees in the shade, and we froze our A$$ES off! We stopped at the next truck stop and bought like 50 of the little shake-and-pop hand warmers, big gloves, and scarves........ A GREAT trip!
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Last edited by Ray Lloyd; Aug 7, 2013 at 05:44 PM.