What temperature do your bikes run at? How long does it take

[0l0dom0l0]

I have just fitted a temperature gauge to my Fazer to monitor it as the hot summer is coming. I also like to know when its warm so I can start thrashing

Anyway. Went out on it the other day and after about 6 miles or so it got to 70 degrees and was quite happy, seemed to stay there for the further 4 miles I did.

Today coming to work, didn't rise above 60 after 5 miles. The sender unit is in the thermostat housing so the hottest point of the circuit. ( Well it is on the Fazer anyway).

Now, I rode my dads diversion (59 plate) the other day. And that seemed to sit at about 75 degrees, and really didn't take long to get there.

Anyways, just wondered what sort of temperatures people see at this time of year on their bikes? Along with how many miles it takes to get there. Also what sort of temperatures in the summer riding?
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[P.]

Well Daytona got as high as 112 once.. that was in July though.
Usually sat around 75-80 during town rides and open roads whilst ragging it

G's GSXR1000 warmed up to about 50 really quick and gradually built up to around 70/75 and saw it hit 90 once, but fan was coming on and keeping it around there.

Aside from that... I have no idea as no other bikes have had temp guages

[0l0dom0l0]

My friends daytona seems to get stupidly hot in traffic so it must be a bad design or something! But 112 degrees is VERY hot.

Yeah that sounds about right. It didn't take to long to get up to about 50 but seems to creep up after that.

Fan comes on at 105 and I was wondering why I had never heard it come on. Answer because it doesn't get hot enough

Thanks for the reply!
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[Aikman666]

[rac3r]

Sits around 70ish but if it's stop/start on a warm day it can reach 100 until you get a move on again
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[Blau Zedong]

[0l0dom0l0]

I think it might be something to do with the sound proofing foam they use on the inside of the fairings. Just acts like a douvet effectively.

Mates fan was on continuously through london riding to the ace cafe about a month ago! Was sitting around 100 degrees most of the time.

Fazer seems pretty good. Probably something to do with the massive fins on the side of the engine .
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[whitedevil]

My cbr sits around 70-80c while moving but soon gets up to 100c+ sat in traffic. fan comes on at 106c iirc and it wont get any hotter then but probably would kill the battery after too long, which i why i shut the bike off at long lights etc.

[Acemastr]

[ms51ves3]

[Howling Terror]

The duc sits around 70 degrees when fully warmed in winter.
Last summer it was about 80.
Fan kicks in at 107. Warning light shows at 120.

The 250 aircooled Honda..who knows..who cares. It works.
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[Suntan Sid]

You're worrying about it too much!
Here in Cyprus during July and August the temperature, in the shade, is between 35 and 40 degrees C. My old, hack, CBR600 only has a needle gauge for the temperature, even in these hot temperatures during a spirited ride the gauge never gets above a third on the gauge, it normally sits at a quarter. The only time the fan kicks in is if I'm dawdling around Limassol in traffic, for the rest of the year I'd have to be sitting idling for a good few minutes before the fan is required.
When I first got the bike there was no anti freeze mix in the cooling system and the bike ran at half on, the gauge, all the time. Once I'd put the correct coolant mix in it dropped the temperature by a quarter immediately.

And as far as this statement is concerned:-

[UKRedwing]

97' gsxr 600
80 - 90 degrees C on a nice sunny day,
Can reach as high as 105 degrees before the fan kicks in if your sat at some road work lights etc on a hot day. Colder days it rarely goes above 80.

[0l0dom0l0]

Not worrying just interested

Sounds like between 70 and 80 odd is the norm as I thought .

Was also worried my fan didn't work, but it doesn't get hot enough for it !

Will do during the summer I would imagine. But only in traffic as people have said.

Cool!
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[69.9mph]

My Duc normally runs at 77 takes and about a mile or 2-3 mins to get there.

Where did you get your temp gauge from? I could do with one on my other bike.

[0l0dom0l0]

[69.9mph]

Thanks, I think I'll get one if I can figure out a suitable to mount it.

[L4Isoside]

Gets to 40 pretty quick after just turning the ninja on (I usually wait til 40 before I set off)

after that I don't worry but it gets to 70 pretty quickly and sits around there unless I've just been ragging the bike and then sit in traffic etc.

[waffles]

[0l0dom0l0]

[Cheeseybeaner]

The ambient air temperature will make very little difference to the engine's running temperature as it is minimal compared to the heat generated within the combustion chamber. Its neither here nor there in terms of the overall cooling effect.

[The Tot]

If you have a CBR600F-S or a 929 Blade, 87 seems to be where it likes to sit and behave itself. In traffic, 104-5 is not uncommon. Fank kicks in at about 107 but by that point, the kevlar in my jeans is nicely baking my calves!

It takes my bike about 5 minutes to get to temperature and will maintain that temperature if I keep the speed above 50mph.

When my fan switch went kaput, the bike was hitting 115 with the warning light furiously flashing. I'm not sure if the engine has a thermal cutout but I didn't want to chance it.
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[waffles]

[fozzym]

I've no temp gauge on my ER6, just a warning light which has never come on. I do notice the fan cutting in when stop starting in town. I guess to be honest, long as the warning light doesn't come on, I'm happy.

As for warming your bike up, remember the temp gauge is the coolant temp which warms much quicker than oil which is actually the important bit. I good few miles of easy riding to get the oil up to temp is my recommendation.