03 F4I, cooling fan didnt come on at all, jumped the wire from the therm. switch to ground and the fan works.....so i wired it to a switch for the time being until my new sensor came in. well i put the new sensor in and still nothing.....i put a jumper from the metal base of the sensor to a good ground and still nothing. the bike reached up to 207° before i just jumped the fan to cool it back down. any suggestions? oh, and the sensor is brand new from bikebandit

 

It turns on at 220...

 

220?? wtf? whats the normal operating temp?? mine stays at like 185 when im riding...

 

thats normal and if its cold out they some times dont come on till 230 becase the temp is in a weird spot. and the air temp makes it funny..

 

damn, i may have wasted 60$ on a sensor....i still think 220 is kinda sketchy.....

 

there are alot of guys on here where there fans dont come on till late . from wat the older gents have been telling me the f4i runs hot ..

 

I just have mine run to a switch so i flip mine on around 190

 

yea alots of guys do that . running at 220 is not bad at all . thereis a big stink in a few threads of it being bad for the bike along with a cooler fan switch. in a way its bad in a way its not.

 

When i ride in traffic in the summer it shoots up there quickly. Summer slow moving temp is ~200 for me. Riding 50+mph its about 180-190. Id say yours is about normal.


220 is really toasty though, feels like firecrotch.