This subject has been beaten to death sometimes but I promise to only list relevant information.
Came in off the highway today at about 4 pm. Ambient air temp was 107.1. Ya, I live in hell. I was riding one up on my 2009-96" twin cam with fuel injection and Dobeck TFI fuel management device. Stage one with Rush muffs. No oil cooler. Rotella 15w-40 dino diesel oil. 52,000 miles on speedometer. Nothing special, but the bike runs good, getting 39 miles per gallon on the highway. I pulled in off the highway after doing 70 mph for the last 2 hours and pulled the oil fill cap and stuck in a known good digital thermometer to check oil temp.
225.1 degrees. I am happy. Stop and go city driving would have been hotter, no doubt. But for you road warriors out there, that is probably pretty representative of what you could expect. Bye the way, I shot the center of the front tire with an infrared thermometer and it was 143 degrees. Did I say I lived in hell?
Came in off the highway today at about 4 pm. Ambient air temp was 107.1. Ya, I live in hell. I was riding one up on my 2009-96" twin cam with fuel injection and Dobeck TFI fuel management device. Stage one with Rush muffs. No oil cooler. Rotella 15w-40 dino diesel oil. 52,000 miles on speedometer. Nothing special, but the bike runs good, getting 39 miles per gallon on the highway. I pulled in off the highway after doing 70 mph for the last 2 hours and pulled the oil fill cap and stuck in a known good digital thermometer to check oil temp.
225.1 degrees. I am happy. Stop and go city driving would have been hotter, no doubt. But for you road warriors out there, that is probably pretty representative of what you could expect. Bye the way, I shot the center of the front tire with an infrared thermometer and it was 143 degrees. Did I say I lived in hell?