Kaotic

does your 954 get warm quick around 200 or run kinda hot around 215ish? just wondering if i need to replace my thermostat or somthing,

955iDisastar

You might be able to find a cooler thermostat, but I would definately change the coolant if you havn't already.

meatstick

Do you mean normal street riding or just sitting there in traffic? If I'm rolling down the road my temp is between 180-190. Hot days sitting in traffic it goes a little over 200.

rrmike

+1

maybe 210-215 sitting on a hot day. Never much over 190 moving at 50+ mph

fatheadon1

on a hot day not moving 200-225 moving 180-190 and when doing rolling burnouts 250+ i felt this was hot so i changed to engine ice and it is still the same and after 23k of that it spit the#2 spark plug out

speed2dirt

Mine heats up quick. On the streets it usually runs around 190-200 depending on my speed. At every stop light it jumps up to 215-220. On the freeway it cools to 180-185. I was concerned when I first got the bike. Switched to Engine Ice and it didn't really affect anything (made me feel a little better knowing there was fresh coolant though).

My question is why is it getting so hot? I thought about heat wrapping the headers to keep the radiator and everything cooler. Never did it because I was told high performance engines are suppose to run hot. Opinions?

Kaotic

occasionally when stunt riding it can hit up to 230 with the idle up to 4g, but thats expected, but yeah the 954s run from 190-220ish avg i guess. thanks for thre replys

mannymantit

hey kaotic where do u ride? u still go to nb indy park? i dont go there anymore cuz when ever i went there was a gaurd there and a couple time envirmentals. so i dont bother. u know of any other spots to hit up around here?

Kaotic

i ride in taunton now bro, i dunno any good spots in NB.

mannymantit

i dident mean just in newbedford. where in taunton?

Kaotic

Jordans furniture street, occasionaly taunton indy, gotta mix it up, the NB park is still good to ride on weekends.. 12v up has been riding there like every weekend

KungFu954

Your fine. Don't even sweat it. If you want to lower the engine temp buy exhaust wrap and wrap your headers. However, that's pretty normal. Oil vescosity doesn't break down until 235+ full synthetic oil doesn't break down until 250 or 260. If your bike gets up that high something is really wrong and the temp gauge will blink on and off. We've had 100+ degree days here lately and mines been up to about 225 at times. Nothing to worry about.

Kaotic

hey kungfu, any idea how to get the idle to stop ****in bouncing around on me? when i';m up doin no throttles and **** some times it just drops or doesn;t wanna stay at a higher idle, pisses me off.