blocking oil cooler at low temps S2R 8 - results

[cobrajet]

As the temps drop and snow is in the air my S2R 800 barely warms the oil, at temps near 30 it doesn't make it to 140 degrees F. This morning with the temp right at 30 I taped off both sides of the oil cooler, gave it a 5 minute warm up and on to work. After about 6 miles it came off low temp and started to read, but after my 40 mile commute it still did not make 160. Better but still not good enough or is it?. Now I'm thinking about wrapping the oil cooler with some insulation.

[Buckethead]

It's ghetto, but I've seen guys use cardboard. No reason not to bust out the sharpies and make it a custom jobbie.

[zooom]

It's ghetto, but I've seen guys use cardboard. No reason not to bust out the sharpies and make it a custom jobbie.

I have also seen aluminum pie tin used in a similar fashion....

[Triple J]

Just cover the entire front with Duct Tape to stop the air from flowing through it...black if you want to be fancy (assuming you have a black oil cooler). It will work...common practice for Multistrada (gen. 1) owners when the weather gets chilly.

[Slide Panda]

Tin foil... works well and you can 'reconfigure' it very quickly if you need some of the cooler exposed.

[He Man]

ive used duct tape and just wrapped it around a few times.

i also switch to 00 oil.

[Drunken Monkey]

The glue in some duct tapes can get really gooey when heated. I'd go with foil.

[Howie]

I use a piece of black Naugahyde with black wire ties.

[Dirty Duc]

I've done the cardboard with baling wire, but I really want something easily removed/replaced since I live in the high desert.  Temps are down at or below freezing on the way in to work, and back up to 60 or 70 during the day.

[Howie]

If you keep moving 60-70^o should not be a problem.

[zooom]

The glue in some duct tapes can get really gooey when heated. I'd go with foil.

yup...that is what race teams use...ducting foil from Home Depot or other hardware like stores...

[He Man]

you mean aluminum foil tape?

hell ive got a ton of that. but ive never had a problem with duct tape becasue it never got that hot. foil tape looks better though, will try tha this year.

[ducatiz]

I custom fabricated a piece of carbon fiber using virgin titanium filament and green-sourced resins.  To attach it, I used twisted filament composed of the carcasses of thermoacidophilic bacteria, strung together with stable asbestos. 

It didn't fit, so I just got out the Reynold's Wrap foil.  From a distance, it didn't even look different.

[Speeddog]

I custom fabricated a piece of carbon fiber using virgin titanium filament and green-sourced resins.  To attach it, I used twisted filament composed of the carcasses of thermoacidophilic bacteria, strung together with stable asbestos. 

It didn't fit, so I just got out the Reynold's Wrap foil.  From a distance, it didn't even look different.

As I suspected, you really are a hippie. 

[bikepilot]

FWIW the wife's 620 has been getting up to 180 lately (high 30s, low 40s), but it takes a solid ~7-8 miles to get there.  It doesn't have an oil cooler.  I'd guess that even without any oil cooler that the motor might run a bit cold when the temps drop below freezing - we'll see.