[Xtracho]

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Noticed that my digital gauge shows 5 bars when cruising. When stopped at a light it creeps up to six and the fan kicks on.

Just wondering what the rest of you GL1200 owners show as normal operating temp and if I should inspect the thermostat or just leave it alone?

Based on my history of excellent mechanical skill, "leave it alone" would be the preferred option.

 

[lm921]

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about 2/3 of the way at worst.
sitting at a light mabey one bar higher.
yours sounds about right

 

[nightwizard40]

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Thats what mine has been running since it has started to heat up a bit around here.



I think you should stick with your "preferred option". :cooldevil::cooldevil:

 

[Xtracho]

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nightwizard40 wrote:

I think you should stick with your "preferred option". :cooldevil::cooldevil:

Now why did I think that was what you were gonna say!:dude::cheeky1::action:

 

[nightwizard40]

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:baffled:'don't know...just came to mind!:cheeky1::cheeky1::cheeky1::cheeky1:



:toast: To sticking to your "project", not giving up and getting it done!

 

[Xtracho]

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Thanks Night....for the support, the ribbing, and the advice. BTW...was raised in Orange Beach/Gulf Shores, AL. Mom still lives in Foley. But....it's not Roll Tide or War Eagle...it's....Go Dawgs....woof woof woof

 

[nightwizard40]

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Xtracho wrote:

it's not Roll Tide or War Eagle...it's....Go Dawgs....woof woof woof

Boy I just lost alot of respect on that one! :cheeky1::cheeky1::cheeky1:



I've got to get down to PC, I have a cousin that lives down there that I haven't seen in several years. Lives off Alabama in a store that he and his wife converted toa house. Plus there is a little hole in the wall seafood place close to him that is fantastic, I wish I could remember the name of the place.

 

[oharaLTD]

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My LTD will run between 4-6 bars.

 

[Dancinbear]

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Mine never gets higher than 4 bars............

 

[Dancinbear]

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duh.....

 

[tricky]

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I have an after market gauge and sending unit, the bike runs about 195 deg when on the open road in hot weather, a tad lower in cooler weather.
In stop and go traffic and I switch on the fan (manual switch) the temp stays about that temp or a tad less.

When the fan kicks in the temperature gauge should be reading about 8 bars then drop down to 7 and then kicks out. This under static conditions in a garage.

If the gauge is reading lower than that then the sending unit is faulty.

The things are all over the clock, some read 3 some 4 some 5 or 6
Mine was reading 6-7 under hot conditions.
As long as the fan is switching on and off then the system is working.

 

[UbarW]

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Mine runs 4 bars sometimes, more frequently 5 bars. The only time I have seen six or more bars is when the rad was low. I have over 10,000 miles on it, and have heard the fan come on once.

 

[Xtracho]

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Thanks all....it appears that the consensus is that anywhere between 4-6 bars is OK and as long as the fan is cycling then all is well.

 

[rgbeard]

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I've had a few Aspencades and an LTD. That sounds correct to me. If *I* were Honda I would have made "Normal" more like 3 bars instead of 6, to give more "headroom" for overheating condition monitoring.

 

[Xtracho]

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Rusty, I can agree with that....when I hit 6 bars while at a light I start getting a little antsy.

 

[53jimc]

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Mine runs 4 bars most of the time, gets to 5 when it gets really hot outside. On the interstate at 80mph it'll go between 5 and 6 bars. Idling, even when it's hot in town it will go between 5 and 6 bars. Fan comes on just befor 6 bars show up. 84 aspy. Yours sounds normal.

 

[tricky]

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The handbook states anything between 2 - 8 bars is normal