went riding today about 93 degrees i think i may be sterile for days now how hot does your bike run
on hot summer rides when pushing it hard
mime runs about 185 til i start running high rpm then im in the 195 to 210 range and sometimes have even
seen 225

 

Mine runs about the same in those conditions. the only time I see the 220's is sitting in traffic.

 

I don't think these gauges are accurate. On my car, I have a fan temp switch that is designed to kick on at 190 degrees. The digital gauge from a 98 fireblade reads well into the 200's when the fan kicks in.

--Chris

 

Fan kicks on at 215. normal temp is 179-185. Conditions causing higher engine temps would be hot ambient temps, pushing the engine, bad coolant, etc.

 

I live in Vegas, where it normally gets over 100. When I'm crazy enough to ride in the daytime, my bike runs 190. But, if I sit at a light for like a minute, it'll hit 221 when the fan kicks on. I run 100% Engine Ice coolant, but I didn't notice my bike running much cooler after switching.

 

if any of you have jetted your bike make sure that it is not running lean because mine was jetted wrong and it ran lean and hot all the time.

 

I had a 954 that would run about 190 when it was 100 degrees outside and it would get up to 220 in traffic. My 1000 is pretty much the same, these sport bikes just run hot.

 

So 220 is ok with 100's weather?

 

Unless the bike is idling, the temp. shouldn't go up from its normal range, which can be varies for each bike; because it depends on the engine speed, weather, coolant, engine oil and howefficent is the radiator as well. I believe it should varies from 180 to 200.

For myself, which using a analog meter, I don't mind as long as it didn't touch the red line. Normal temp. will be slightly almost to middle line and during idling it will rise slightly higher than that.

 

Mine stays a little to the left of the "H"