Oil temp difference?

[dbmg]

This topic has come up before and is a important concern to many. My comment is think about Police duty Harleys or Shriners. The only addition to bike other than stock is a oil cooler. I have only seen one time a Harley FLH getting hot it started to spew oil out of crankcase vent. This was after a couple hours at a experience motorcycle class that involved a lot of idling. The owners only concern was that unfortunately he had to leave class and go riding to cool bike down. So unless a heavily modified engine, severely hotter than normal temp concerns on a stock bike, there would start to be a performance problem and if this was happening riding you might be in trouble. Otherwise I would not want to be the one sitting on a Harley long enough for it to be over heating idling.

 

[Deluxe Steve]

Head and cylinder temps will be higher than oil temp. Check head temp near the exhaust side, it will be hottest there and not unusual to see 300* under certain conditions. That is why fans like the Wards fans are so effective; cooling the heads cools the oil and everything else.

Thanks for the info. i needed sort of something to go by to make sure i wasent getting it to hot..after about a week now of the digital infared gun ive checked every part on the bike at least 10 times..lol i dont have any problems so i can put it up with the rest of my tools i probably will never use again...
Again thanks for the help..