Oil Temp

["Tom Brown" <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Duke:

>If I am correct, only the RT had thermostat.  Which, as you know, serves
only to determine the minimum temperature.

I all oilheads have the thermostat.  It allows the oil to bypass the oil 
cooler until the bike warms up.   Faster warm-up equals lower emmissions and 
fuel consumption.

AS I understand it, the RT has
the thermostat to ensure heat comes out of the fairing heat ducts.  So, that
your RT runs a bit hotter than your RS in cooler weather should be normal

Duke, the heat in the air ducts comes from the oil cooler.   If the 
thermostat were there to ensure heat coming from those ducts, the engine 
would run cooler...warmer air, cooler oil...heat transfer.   By the way, the 
only thing those ducts really do is allow airflow for the oil cooler.  They 
sure don't warm your hands!....They do help to sell bikes, however.

RT runs warmer in cold weather because the engine is encased in plastic 
keeping it out of the wind...all but the heads.   Try running an RT with the 
side fairings off (yes, it's easily done) in cool weather...takes forever to 
get it warm and it runs at only 4 bars.   I went to one of our club meetings 
with my side farings off and one of the members gave me that grave, serious 
look and said they were sorry about what happened to my bike.    Keeeripes!

To the guy want's to "put the thermostat on his RS"....It's already there.

- -TB

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