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Pkforbes87
Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 - 08:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
I'm still being paranoid about breaking this motor instead of just breaking it IN.

Anyways I got back from about an 80 mile ride today and immediately plugged in ECMspy to see how my maps affected the AFV. I set them 5% richer than the race map and ended up with an AFV of exactly 100 at the end of the ride. My head temp sensor was reading 311*(F) and I've got a gauge on the dipstick in the oil tank.. it was reading right at 200.

Are these normal temps?

After looking through the SM I can;t
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Standingdeadwood
Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 - 08:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
I don't think you have to worry about cooking your motor. Temps are low-normal. Are you running an oil cooler?
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Natexlh1000
Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 - 09:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Oil temp should be hovering around boiling.
your readings sound just fine to me.
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Pkforbes87
Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 - 09:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
SWEET! exactly what I wanted to hear.

No oil cooler but I've got the billet hurricane oil filter which looks like it would cool quite a bit with those fins. Maybe it's doing it's job afterall.

Thanks guys!
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Tdman77
Posted on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 09:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
That's pretty much the same oil temps I got last year when I checked mine. (Plain stock motor.) This answers the question I ask in one of your other threads. Thanks for sharing this info with us. I bet you are dying to get that motor broken in.
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Blazing_saddle
Posted on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 10:20 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Don't have a guage on the Buell but I do on my BMW airhead and it is around 250 Degrees F. That scooter has 145,000 miles on it.
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