My personal opinion? I shut it off if I am doing a lot of in-town driving with lotsa stops at lights and stop signs, and I coast a lot also. Keeps it a little cooler and that has to help longevity of the engine. Stanley
________________________________ From: Javier Garcia <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 12:57:32 PM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: 85 650 Air Cooled? Now that summer is getting here, I start to feel how my 96 NH 750 get much hotter, specially when I stop in a traffic light after driving for a while. Since it is air cooled I always worry when if I get stuck on traffic, for example. I'm wondering if it is convenient (or correct) to shut down the engine while, lets say, I wait for the traffic to move. Or it would be better just to leave it running? Javier. On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 1:34 PM, stanley/ Randolph <[email protected]> wrote: Although you have an oil cooler, it's basically air cooled; the cooling of the oil is in addition to the cooling of the metal via the fins to dissipate the heat. the older Beetles and Porsche 911s were air cooled, but also had oil coolers. The Beetle had no oil filter and only had a total of three qts. of oil in the sump; 911s had a dry sump and a nine quart oil tank, so changing the oil on a 911 is expensive nowadays, compared to back then. Nighthawks are probably the most reliable air cooled engines in a bike... ________________________________ From: prophetic_joe <[email protected]> To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:25:53 AM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] 85 650 Air Cooled? Here's the deal guys I always thought my 650 was an air cooled motorcycle but recently searching around for parts I came across a "cooling system" now this system is the same thing that I have on the front of my 85 but the seller made it seem like it was more than just air cooled. Talked about oil for it and such? Did I miss something because I love my bike and really don't want to screw it up. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
