Bikes overheating if driven slowly

[Firefight]

your steping backwards there man, from yamaha to a honda, you are really losing your marbles arn't you old man

still give you the learn youngin


F/F

[Katman]

You shouldn't experience any overheating problems at all. While you're riding at a slower speed your revs will remain relatively low and the engine will not generate excessive heat.

[Freakshow]

Freakshow - your bike is an
Engine
Air cooled, four stroke, parallel twin cylinder, DOHC, 4 valves per cylinder

So you need air moving thru it to keep it cool, if you are doing 40-50km/h i don't see this being a problem. but like anything keep and eye on ya gauge, it start getting to warm, pull over let it cool and go agian

Correct all the way down to the gauge part... It doesn't have a temp gauge.

Can you pick up a temp gauge from a wrecker and attach it to the fins?? Maybe a digital one??? has anyone done this?

[Freakshow]

Hmm, the bike shouldn't have a problem doing it, but your mate will be doing alright if it is only 4 hours for him!

It wont be anywhere near 4 hours, he is doing the phsyco 4 laps around the lakes which is expected to take 2 days 2 nights. So this is more in reference to the friday and training up to the event. I intend to stay out of the way on the main day when he will be in the groups.

[kickingzebra]

Oooh, bugger!! I had bad enough chafing after the single race to scare me off a double, much less the extreme enduro!

Ball of steel to that man!!

(steel balls + pushbike seats = drastically lowered sperm counts and increased risk of testicular nodes/cancer)

No drama there then, just remembered how irritating it was to get passed by cars, then cut off when they pulled over to wait, then passed again...
busstids!

Make sure you keep a full tank!! LOL

4 hours a lap for the fastest guys, 4 laps would slow your avg speed down a lot, but still only 6 hours a lap, surely?

[mattt]

It wont be anywhere near 4 hours, he is doing the phsyco 4 laps around the lakes which is expected to take 2 days 2 nights. So this is more in reference to the friday and training up to the event. I intend to stay out of the way on the main day when he will be in the groups.

4 laps, fuk that. Have you ever followed a bike race before. I liken it to watching paint dry. I did the 2 lap enduro a few years back. The most boring 9 or so hours of my life. The only thing that could've made it worse would've been to have a motorbike buzzing in the background all that way, so be careful not to piss off the other riders.... Wrap up warm if you do end up doin it, because it's not warm come 4 am round the back of no where

[Freakshow]

4 laps, fuk that. Have you ever followed a bike race before. I liken it to watching paint dry. I did the 2 lap enduro a few years back. The most boring 9 or so hours of my life. The only thing that could've made it worse would've been to have a motorbike buzzing in the background all that way, so be careful not to piss off the other riders.... Wrap up warm if you do end up doin it, because it's not warm come 4 am round the back of no where

Here he is crazy.

The plan is to follow in the van during the nights so that he has enough light and safety etc. and the bike during the day so that we don't piss off too much of the general road users. The main think for me is to watch his progress and safety eg when you legs are moving but your brain has gone lala in the final hours.

Thats why I want to know that my bike wont over heat so one less thing to worry about.

[mattt]

Good idea, prob just make sure you give the bike a good run over 50kph every now and again so u dont cook it.

[The Pastor]

Freakshow - your bike is an
Engine
Air cooled, four stroke, parallel twin cylinder, DOHC, 4 valves per cylinder

So you need air moving thru it to keep it cool, if you are doing 40-50km/h i don't see this being a problem. but like anything keep and eye on ya gauge, it start getting to warm, pull over let it cool and go agian

AIR COOLED BIKES DON'T HAVE TEMP GAUGES BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING TO TAKE A READING IN.

Correct all the way down to the gauge part... It doesn't have a temp gauge.

Can you pick up a temp gauge from a wrecker and attach it to the fins?? Maybe a digital one??? has anyone done this?

NO THIS WILL NOT WORK. YOUR BIKE WILL BE FINE.

[emaN]

i know whats wrong....

your driving it.....you should be riding it...

+1

he he he he <<

[imdying]

AIR COOLED BIKES DON'T HAVE TEMP GAUGES BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING TO TAKE A READING IN.

Oil temp.


You'll be fine mate, you could let it idle a tank of gas away and it wouldn't overheat.