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Thought bike was going to melt!!

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I was going out for a night ride last night, gassed up in Streetsville and then was riding around and heading home. The whole day I thought my oil level was low and sounded like the engine was struggling a bit so I was going to check and top it off when I got home.

Anyways, I'm 5 minutes from my house and I look down at my dash.

104

Wow, my bike is at 104? It's a pretty cool night, a bit frisky actually.

105
106
107
108
109
110
111

WHOA now I'm getting scared, it's steadily climbing. I'm trying to cruise, I'm now up in 6th gear. Lots of cool air blowing. I look down.

124
125
126
127
128

OMG. I am a few blocks from home now. Should I just pull over? I'm half waiting for my bike to shut off or explode. WHY DIDN'T I CHECK THE OIL EARLIER!!!!

134
135

I am cringing now, how hot until failure?? Can I make it home?? the weird thing is, I don't really hear the fan on, and my legs don't feel warm at all.

I look down....

Wait, that's not 141 C, that's 14.1.....23$@#T# I was looking at my odometer which I just reset when I gassed up *face palm*

Shook my head in relief. Temp was at 84C. Got home and my battery died.

:lol:
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Funny story, thanks for sharing:lol:..I guess a dead battery didnt seem so bad, as you were anticipating full blown disaster a short time earlier...
 
I dunno- you have me confused- usually only a water cooled bike has a temp gauge.
 
Badooka said:
I dunno- you have me confused- usually only a water cooled bike has a temp gauge.
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I will come clean.....

It's not my story, found it on another site, I thought it was funny, so I re-posted it here, just for laughs....

seems the OP was actually looking at his trip counter and thought it was the temp gauge, if that is even true....

I was just to get some chuckles going....

Not a serious moment at all...

:D

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Yeah I knew you couldn't make that observation on an air cooled-
have to be pretty thick to even do it on a water cooled!!!! LoL
 
I suppose on a new-fangled LCD dash, such a mix-up would be possible. Especially on a bike that's new to you.

Hell, it sounds like something I would do. :P
 
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