RE: OIL, for Bill Flowers

[Gerrit Herbst <Gerrit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>I don't know about "really hot", but here it gets really humid in the
summer
>which makes it feel really hot.  We actually had some sub-freezing
>temperatures recently!  This was not normal.
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Bill "Bench Dawg" Flowers
Clearwater FL
'00 Sapphire Blue Triumph Sprint ST "Jewel"

I can tell you that in the last few weeks it got so hot here (39 Deg Cent
one day) that even whilst traveling at a constant 50-60 M/PH the temp gauge
never dropped below 97 Deg. peaking at 105 Deg! the fan was working almost
constantly. I must add that there is nothing wrong with my bike as Late
night driving gave temp readings not exceeding 87 Deg. I was asking about
oil mainly because of the high heat which thins out the oil and might damage
the engine. I am using 4T but was worried about extra heat protection.
PS. Thanks for all your feedback! I'll stick to 4T 
PPS. I changed the oil and filter after that bloody hot day just as a
precaution and it looked *very* thin in the draining bucket (600 miles old!)


 

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