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Old 08-28-2016, 11:38 PM   #203
jbfla   jbfla is offline
 
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Originally Posted by pyoungbl View Post
Today I got to run the bike for two hours, mostly at 45-55 mph, in 90F ambient temps. When I stopped the oil sight glass was 216F. That was higher than either radiator or the water pump inlet. This tells me that I'm finally getting the oil hot enough to boil off water and fuel. The temp gauge never got above 4 bars.

Peter Y.
Peter,

As I remember, you had to modify the thermostat housing. Is that correct?

Any chance there may be a "drop-in" replacement thermostat?

jb
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