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Old 08-07-2019, 10:33 AM   #7
Uncle Bob
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Originally Posted by Dukedesmo View Post
Air cooled Monsters run quite cool, at least mine does (same engine for SS models).
I thought the same, but last Wednesday (a scorcher) I went up to the Earls Barton meet and had to filter past a couple of miles of traffic that was ultimately queueing to cross a motorway junction. By the time I got to the junction my bike was running quite hot, and I could feel it on my legs. The other side of the junction was clear dually for five or six miles and the temp came down again.

When we arrived at Earls Barton I could feel heat all through the frame and the rear subframe too. This wasn't just engine heat of course, but in that slow moving traffic \ filtering I had seen four bars on the gauge for the first time since I've owned it.

It's definitely better whilst moving, obviously, but on a warm day with very slow moving traffic etc. it didn't really like it (and neither did I to be honest).
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