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how hot is too hot, air cooled engines

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JonnyB:
I love our language  - "It also smelled "hot"", but I know what you mean, as long as you're moving forward, it generally isn't a problem, it's being sat in traffic and only move a couple of inches an hour.

I remember once, when we used to have hot summers, on an early Yam 350LC - in black leather (me not the bike), sat in traffic in the middle of town, I had to pull over and cool off because it was just to unconforable having somthing that hot between your legs.

clive:
back in '76, for those that can't remember it was a hot summer ;D, i had a cb750 dresda k1, when stuck in traffic or crawling along at 30mph it used to spit out of the carbs and stop, after about 15min i could start it up and go through the same sequence again unless i was on an open road doing 50+, a friend suggested fitting an oil cooler, which i did and the problem was cured ;)

duzatun:
well dritchy being in down under  myself i know exactly what your talking about on top if the heat the humidity is a killer and i have had the old clutch probs through heat with the 750 fours but this is the 1st 550 ive owned and it suprised me the amount of sting she has i guess as long as you get home in the end alls good

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