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How hot?????

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by Scholz, Aug 28, 2009.

  1. Scholz

    Scholz Member

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    How hot does your bike run?

    After like a 10 - 15 minute ride my engine is REALLY hot to the touch...

    Is that normal?
     
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    Yep, I made the dumb mistake once of trying to change my spark plugs after riding home from work one day...a couple burns on my knuckles later and I decided I won't do that again. Of course, the really hot to the touch is pretty general so I don't know hot hot we're talking exactly.
     
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    we are talking like if i was to hold my hand on there for a two seconds i'd be burned... hot enough to fry and egg....

    as hot as megan fox and angelina jolie making out in a hot tub with a water temp of about 104 F inside of a valcano....
     
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    After a good ride, the block on mine is generally 300 to 320 degrees F.
     
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    Yeah man They always get super hot. Worried me at first too. Specially when I wore shorts and rode.
    I'm like, "Are my legs on fire!?"
    Lol, wait till I finish making my highway pegs and wear shorts. Gonna be a hot one.
    What about the water cooled models. Do they get the same temp?
    -Chris
     
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    hmm.... my air cooled xj 1100 runs really cool. i can actually put my fingers on the cooling fins of the heads/cylinders for a couple seconds without getting burned. Compared to my water cooled Kawasaki 454 LTD it runs about half as hot i would say.
     
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