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Rode the bike to work today. It was nice this morning - about 82°F on the way in at 5:45. Coming home was a different story. I've got a digital temp indicator on my bike and I can toggle between air temp and coolant temp. When I started the bike up to come home, the air temp indicator was showing 118°F. I was thinking, well, its been baking in the sun all day, we'll see what it does when there's some airflow over it. Sure enough, a soon as I got it up to 40, the temp plummeted to 114°F and stayed there.
By the time I got out on the freeway, it stabilized at 117.5 and stayed there the rest of the way home (20 miles). At 60-70 mph indicated, coolant temp was 188°F and oil temp was 214°F. If there was water in my oil, it ain't there no more. Though I'd post for those interested in temps.
-RP
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iliveforcurves
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« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2010, 05:42:41 PM » |
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Does your oil temperature go down when you're idling for a while, like at a long red light? I've got one of those meat thermometer dipsticks and the oil temp actually goes down when stopped and there isn't any airflow through the radiator. It seems counterintuitive to me, I thought the coolant temp would be climbing and so would the oil.
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RP#62
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« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2010, 06:15:09 PM » |
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Yup, sitting at idle after a run, warm day, coolant temp will go up and the fan will come on. Oil temp will come down about 5°.
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john
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« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2010, 07:59:42 PM » |
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its a candy thermometer ...  |
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Pete
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« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2010, 10:23:26 AM » |
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The oil is under less stress and lower flow at idle, temp should go down.
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JetDriver
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« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2010, 11:11:23 AM » |
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I've got a digital temp indicator on my bike and I can toggle between air temp and coolant temp.
-RP
I've not seen those. You have more info? |
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sandy
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« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2010, 08:10:48 PM » |
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How could you read those small digital readouts with all that sweat in your eyes.
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RP#62
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« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2010, 08:16:56 PM » |
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I've got a digital temp indicator on my bike and I can toggle between air temp and coolant temp.
-RP
I've not seen those. You have more info? I never could find any I liked so I built my own. Voltage on the left and temps on the right. -RP  |
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RP#62
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« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2010, 08:19:26 PM » |
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How could you read those small digital readouts with all that sweat in your eyes.
It wasn't easy. I had to duck in behind the radiator to cool off. I am ready for summer to be over. -RP |
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JetDriver
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« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2010, 08:24:14 PM » |
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Very well integrated- looks nice!
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« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2010, 04:20:18 AM » |
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Any tips on a instal or ya keeping it a secret?  |
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Colin
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« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2010, 06:29:34 AM » |
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RJ wanna make some more? I'd be up for a pair.
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RP#62
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« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2010, 08:57:31 AM » |
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RJ wanna make some more? I'd be up for a pair.
I've been thinking about it. I just made a set for my wife's bike - well, machined the housings anyway, I've got to order the digital displays and solder up the circuit board. Installation - I put one sensor on the underside of the cobra light bar so that its away from the engine heat an in the airstream below the light and the other sensor is in the thermostat housing. Both feed into a relay in the indicator housing and I use a micro toggle switch on the right switch housing to toggle between sensors. -RP |
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JetDriver
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« Reply #13 on: September 06, 2010, 09:48:10 AM » |
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RP~ You interested in putting together display units and wiring harnesses for those of us (ok, me) who aren't as knowledgeable? Also, directions for making clean cuts in the speedo/tach brackets to hold the displays? It'd be worth a few dollars to me.
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« Reply #14 on: September 06, 2010, 09:11:28 PM » |
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+2! My pops and I have have both considered the motosens gauges but price is an issue and I am a "less is best" kinda guy. These are discreet and sweet. Hook it up and make a few bucks off us valkaholics.  |
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RP#62
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« Reply #15 on: September 07, 2010, 05:48:23 AM » |
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+2! My pops and I have have both considered the motosens gauges but price is an issue and I am a "less is best" kinda guy. These are discreet and sweet. Hook it up and make a few bucks off us valkaholics. Once the temp in my garage goes below 100°, I'll have a look. |
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John U.
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« Reply #16 on: September 07, 2010, 08:09:38 PM » |
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+3 Those are very cool. |
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« Reply #17 on: September 17, 2010, 06:05:24 AM » |
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+4 ... I'd love a set as well. They look great! Fantastic job!! |
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« Reply #18 on: September 17, 2010, 01:38:51 PM » |
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Where are we at? +5 I'm interested 
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Airetime
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« Reply #19 on: October 01, 2010, 08:43:39 PM » |
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Rode the bike to work today. It was nice this morning - about 82°F on the way in at 5:45. Coming home was a different story. I've got a digital temp indicator on my bike and I can toggle between air temp and coolant temp. When I started the bike up to come home, the air temp indicator was showing 118°F. I was thinking, well, its been baking in the sun all day, we'll see what it does when there's some airflow over it. Sure enough, a soon as I got it up to 40, the temp plummeted to 114°F and stayed there.
By the time I got out on the freeway, it stabilized at 117.5 and stayed there the rest of the way home (20 miles). At 60-70 mph indicated, coolant temp was 188°F and oil temp was 214°F. If there was water in my oil, it ain't there no more. Though I'd post for those interested in temps.
-RP
It is easy to just grab the face of the dipstick and screw it in after using it "BUT" that is wrong way to use it as it may change the calibration.
If you own one and have been screwing it back in by grabbing the face, rather than using the nut to tighten it, it probably will need recalibrating, at least check it against another to make sure that it is still reading correctly.
How to test it correctly is also in the link.
They can be recalibrated by simply turning the hex nut. The link below shows how. Hope that helps!
Easy Re-calibrateing the Tel Tru Stick
http://www.teltru.com/cats/01204001/01204001.pdf |
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