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Posted by jmbo
- April 18, 2013, 22:22:39 PMTo me in seems more like a cool factor than a real practical gauge. I admit I have checked my oil temp once after a hard run on a super hot summer day just to make sure things were OK. I stuck a long probe themometer down through the oil cap. It went down far enough to get a reading. I don't even remember what it read but it was well within spec so I was satisfied. After that I figured I had all I could do to keep an eye on the speedometer and the gas gauge.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- April 18, 2013, 19:16:33 PMbut Dave if you want to have that cool factor why not...what is 29 Eur's anyway.....$40.00 ok on my fixed income I'll pass......lol.......
Posted by David Poirier
- April 18, 2013, 18:43:07 PMHere is the link, not sure if I'm allowed to post it or not.
But I think I'm going to pass on it, no sense really. Like ya'll said, Pressure I can go with that, temp, hell, its always a hundred degrees here anyway.
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Olthermometer-Kawasaki-VN-800-Drifter-VN800C-VN800-NEU-/230427348518?pt=Motorrad_Kraftradteile&hash=item35a68a4e26#ht_1446wt_1161
Posted by chief
- April 18, 2013, 18:19:24 PMSorry to hear snowmobiling has gotten so... regulated! Seems like the fools and politicians are squeezing the joy out of almost everything!
Posted by CDNRatMan
- April 18, 2013, 18:07:33 PM 
Sorry Dave have to wander off the topic a bit here........no fun having a snow machine anymore, too many stupid people out on them and too many rules because of the stupid people out there. You need a $600.00 trail pass, you need to take more courses then to ride a bike, it is just too regulated. I remember growing up in the north and we could go were we wanted to and make our own trails, even up there now it is groomed trails, and then the stupid people come out and race on the trails,....ok that is enough it is not fun anymore........
Posted by chief
- April 18, 2013, 16:45:17 PMQuote from: CDNRatMan on April 18, 2013, 16:30:42 PMI don't "chase" rabbits... I let the lead do my chasing!SEE now Chief is chasing rabitts........
Posted by greenbarn
- April 18, 2013, 16:39:46 PMQuote from: chief on April 18, 2013, 16:22:38 PMCDRATMAN: You really should get another one of these --- then you could ride your "Drifter" ALL YEAR LONG...This is the NORTHERN version of the Drifter...
Posted by chief
- April 18, 2013, 16:35:28 PMQuote from: CDNRatMan on April 18, 2013, 16:30:42 PMNow, now... there are a BUNCH of northerners who know what that machine is... it wasn't directed ONLY at you!!now what did I do to you to be treated like this......lol and yes I had one close to that in Goose Bay, they were a good amchine....
SEE now Chief is chasing rabitts........
Posted by CDNRatMan
- April 18, 2013, 16:30:42 PMnow what did I do to you to be treated like this......lol and yes I had one close to that in Goose Bay, they were a good amchine....
SEE now Chief is chasing rabitts........Posted by chief
- April 18, 2013, 16:22:38 PMThis is the NORTHERN version of the Drifter...
Posted by CDNRatMan
- April 18, 2013, 15:11:11 PMwow your oil thaws out.......that is so neat.....thawed out oil...what will they think of next......perhaps I need one of them whatchacallit thingys...
were is the link to that thing.....
Posted by chief
- April 18, 2013, 15:08:26 PMUp north it may be helpful in knowing when your oil has thawed out! 
Posted by CDNRatMan
- April 18, 2013, 15:05:35 PMyes Cheif the mini rad up front, and had that oil temp thing on the stick too...lol.....
so it is just another dodad thingy whatchamacllit thing to have on your ride....cool....if it is cheap why not......
Posted by chief
- April 18, 2013, 14:41:26 PMBack in the old days... my 77 FXS lowrider had an oil cooler. Up the the nether regions of IL and WI... it gets chilly on occasion and I needed to know what the oil temp was to determine whether or not to use the oil cooler. So I drilled out the oil cap and stuck a probe thermometer in there. Turns out anywhere north of Kentucky the oil cooler never allowed the oil to warm up much... so I stuck a leather hat over it while I was living up there.
On harleys the oil is in a big empty can... sort of... nothing in there you could screw up by inserting a probe...it had a dip stick as I recall anyway. Our bikes aren't like that... so you have to use something like what was shown.
Honestly, for most folks the oil temp isn't something we need to know... you can't control the temp except by running or stopping the bike anyway. A good synthetic is very resistant to heat... so I think I'd spend my money on something else.
Posted by John Hopkins
- April 18, 2013, 13:51:47 PMIt's a cool to have thing..the oil temperature is not something you monitor, oil pressure is different, but even if you did want to check the temperature you couldn't do it until you stopped and then it might be too late..
John.