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  • zappa916
    zappa916
    yesterday
    Greetings, 
    I'm in a situation where I have to take the 07 heritage softail to work for commute. I live in the inner city melbourne area and my journey consists of a lot of stop \ start bumper to bumper traffic. I estimate my average speed would be not much more than 10kmh.  7 km trip - 35 minutes. 
    So things are getting very hot under the seat and both thighs uncomfortably warm. 

    I'm looking at cost effective ways to dissipate some of that heat, to increase comfort and engine longevity. 
    Ive researched oil coolers, oil coolers + fans, and jim cooling fans but not sure any of that would offer best bang for buck. Especially as I'm looking in excess of $1500. 

    I'm thinking of getting a couple of computer server cabinet fans, cobbled up to see whether that offers any benefit before I splash $$$ on something permanent. 
    Unless there are some other options out there which I'm willing to entertain?


  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    yesterday
    Does your bike have eitms...this deactivates the rear pot at idle. 
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    yesterday
    You can tune a lot of heat out of them, they are pretty lean stock, but your description of the ride definitely puts it under pressure heat wise, I would still start with the tune though.
  • Retroman
    Retroman
    yesterday
    What type of tuning device does it have (if any?).

    I do come across bikes as old as that are still 100% bone stock with no stage 1 tune often the only change is noisy slip on mufflers.

    Best bang for the bucks "tuning" wise are XiED wires that go into the O2 sensor wires, plug and play. Find them on www.Nightrider.com

    Best bang for the bucks oil cooler wise is the heatsink type that push over the stock OEM oil filter (that's what I have used since 2008). They can be hard to find now tho' as the maker departed this earth. Called an "oil filter cooler collar".

    Any plumbed in oil cooler system is way dearer, and at low speeds don't flow enough air. Heatsink type better there.
  • B0nes
    B0nes
    14 hours ago
    Haven't tested yet due to all the bloody rain and now cleaning up from the Cyclone but I've just added these to the Night Train. Should see a drop in oil temp.


  • Hilly
    Hilly
    12 hours ago
    Cooler will do what coolers do and the the flow filter should give the same results as the heat sink sleeve, be interested to see how much of a drop in oil temp you get in different situations.