Re: [ST] Running Temperature Sprint RS

["Zoltan Pavlakovich" <zpavlakovich@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hm, strange. I have an 01 ST and the temp gauge barely moves out of
the cold region, no matter how I run it.

On 4/19/07, Damien Sawyer <damiensawyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks very much Neil - good to know :-)
>
> I have to say, this bike's growing on me. I've had Ducati's for 10 years...
> but the Sprint is definately winning me over.
>
>
> Damien
>
>
> On 4/20/07, Neil Lindsey <Neil.Lindsey@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Don't sweat it.  As far as I know all Sprints do this to some degree, but
> > my
> > '03 RS does it much more than my '99 ST ever did (makes sense due to
> > increase in HP too).  The ambient air temperature is mostly irrelevant --
> > happens even on the coldest riding days and with almost identical
> > regularity
> > (soon after you come to a standstill in stop 'n go traffic).  However, on
> > some very warm days, it almost seems that the fan is barely able to cope,
> > because it takes quite awhile to bring the temp down when
> > stationary.  That
> > I find slightly troubling, but so far it has not caused any issues.  By
> > the
> > way, the temperatures you cite sound very normal as well, as it is quite
> > normal for the coolant temp to rise above the boiling point (that's why
> > they
> > are pressurized).
> >
> > hth,
> > Neil
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Damien Sawyer" <damiensawyer@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <st@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 5:18 PM
> > Subject: [ST] Running Temperature Sprint RS
> >
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I just bought a 2001 RS. I purchased the bike in Sydney and rode it home
> > > to
> > > Melbourne (1200km trip). During the trip, the temperature sat at a
> > pretty
> > > constant 84 degrees Celcius.
> > >
> > > This morning I rode the bike to work - the first time that I'd been in
> > > traffic.
> > >
> > > To my surprise, when stationary, the temperature kept going up! The
> > > highest
> > > that I saw it was 'boiling' at 102 C! When I started moving again, it
> > > settled back in the 80s.
> > >
> > > Is this normal? This is the first bike that I've had with a temp guage,
> > so
> > > am not sure what they're supposed to do.
> > >
> > > Is it safe to let the temp go that hot? Am I going to stuff a head
> > gasket?
> > > Also - it wasn't at all hot this morning... probably only 20 degrees.
> > > Melbourne can get well into the mid 40's in the summer.
> > >
> > > Any advise would be greatly appreciated :-)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Damien
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