happy tosee other people in the 215-220 range. just got a little worried the first time I seen that.

 

i was worried about high rangestoo, butafter reading, it seems normal.at 72 degrees farenheit, easy city riding 3-4th gear 40-45mph, while riding its 200 and at stop light reaches 220. fan kicks in, green light and repeat. expressway 185-190's.never over 230-232 even on 90plus traffic days. honda tech say dont worry unless it hits 240.

 

what does your manual say is too hot

 

On a really hot day (105+) and sitting in a traffic jam, mine gets up near 235 with the fan on). Once I get going again, it usually gets right back down to 180-190. Cruising on the highway, it usually keeps itself at 170-ish.

 

I live in Myrtle Beach where downtown tourist traffic can be a handful, and mine does about the same, it'll run 200-207 or so just rolling 40mph range on the hottest days we have (around 100) and then it rarely tops 223 at normal redlights.

Is it ill-advised to kill the engine when I know I'm at a long light? We have a few lights around here that run close to 3 min. if youre sitting cross-section to the main highway, and I've started cutting mine off and then when the lights turn yellow I start it back up to keep it from sitting and idling in that kind of heat.

 

my 07 manual says its good tell 250 . i live in texas .. we all know it gets hot here . i have yet to see mine get over 225 at a red light . ....

 

I live in Melbourne, Australia and my '05 CBR600 RR has gone to about 108deg C (225deg F) in highly dense traffic, although it is the middle of winter here in AUS. Intresting to see how hot it will get during the summer. Anyway, my manualrecommends that once it reaches 135 deg C (275deg F), i should take it back to the dealer and get it checked out.

 

The only problem I see with this is that your water pump is no longer running when you turn your engine off, so the fan that's sucking in air through the radiator isn't cooling the anti-freeze, which isn't being pumped through the engine, which isn't cooling the engine.

None of us should worry until the temp starts getting near 248 degrees F. I find that if you use 90% water, 10% anti-freeze and water-wetter, your bike runs much cooler (15+ degrees cooler) for the hot months. Then flush a bit of it to add anti-freeze when it starts getting cooler again.

Thermal breakdown isn't a fun thing to have happen (blew an engine on my car once because of it.)