This past weekend wife and I rode our Tri-Glides to Yosemite National Park, about 300 miles from here. I had just installed an oil temperature gage in mine (09). One section of the trip would be the test, from the Santa Clarita Valley (1400 feet above sea level), over the Tejon Pass (6000 feet) into the San Joaquin Valley (1500 feet). On the trip there running 75 to 80 mph. Oil temp never got above 230*, BUT it was in the morning, air temp was low 80's. Return run we hit the 'Grape Vine' at 3:30 pm, air temp was 98*, 7% incline. On the long up hill running 70 mph the oil temp never went above 240*
I did hit 260* at a railroad crossing in Bakersfield when I let the bike idle for about 15 minutes waiting for a train to pass. Shut the bike down, it cooled off in about 5 minutes and stayed at or below 230* the rest of the trip.
My Tri-Glide has the stage 1 air and Rush slip ons. The dealer did a re-map of the injection after the installation. Nothing else has been done....
except Bling stuff. The bike is original California so it has the catalyst. I'm running HD Synthetic oil. I haven't put on any fans, fuel management gizmos, or aftermarket oil coolers. We live in the So Cal desert so temps over 100* are pretty common.
I have removed the lower fairings and installed a Linby crash bar that doubles as highway pegs. Right leg doesn't get nearly as hot as it used to. Will probably do the same to wife's '11 Tri-Glide. She likes the looks of the lowers, but the red marks on her calf may convince her she doesn't need them in the summer.
So, there it is. 230* to 260* oil temperature riding in 100* ambient air temp for sustained periods at 70mph... perfectly acceptable! My '08 E-Glide ran at about the same temps.
I did hit 260* at a railroad crossing in Bakersfield when I let the bike idle for about 15 minutes waiting for a train to pass. Shut the bike down, it cooled off in about 5 minutes and stayed at or below 230* the rest of the trip.
My Tri-Glide has the stage 1 air and Rush slip ons. The dealer did a re-map of the injection after the installation. Nothing else has been done....
except Bling stuff. The bike is original California so it has the catalyst. I'm running HD Synthetic oil. I haven't put on any fans, fuel management gizmos, or aftermarket oil coolers. We live in the So Cal desert so temps over 100* are pretty common.
I have removed the lower fairings and installed a Linby crash bar that doubles as highway pegs. Right leg doesn't get nearly as hot as it used to. Will probably do the same to wife's '11 Tri-Glide. She likes the looks of the lowers, but the red marks on her calf may convince her she doesn't need them in the summer.
So, there it is. 230* to 260* oil temperature riding in 100* ambient air temp for sustained periods at 70mph... perfectly acceptable! My '08 E-Glide ran at about the same temps.