The answer to overheating: drive really fast!! Lots of air blowing past the bike will cool it off. Red lights are for cages...
-Kyle KK P.S. Glad my new ride is liqui-cool.... ;-) On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 1:12 PM, stanley/ Randolph <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
