Posted by Anorak
on 29/7/2009, 8:23 pm, in reply to "Re: anyone add an oil cooler to their 13"
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Z1300 engines are known to run hot in hotter climates, it's not an issue in the UK.
You could fit an oil cooler, that would definitely help as the oil acts a coolant as well as a lubricant. Or you could get a larger water rad made, as Alan Millyard did when he joined two Z1300 rads together on his V12?
Phil
Daan saaf, innit.
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: Wondering if anyone has done an oil cooler
: mod
: on their 13? I can't ride my bike much
: around here in az. except in the morning and
: even then it was 85d at 7:30. It's 2pm here
: now and 108 degrees, yuck. My bike just gets
: to hot when the temps are like this. I
: thought an oil cooler would help keep temps
: down a little. Man I hate this place
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: I am surprised the 1300 might need an oil
: cooler. Surely when Kawasaki were developing
: the bike, they will have tested it in
: extreme conditions, and presumably found
: that oil temperatures were not a problem.
: Also, modern synthetic oils can withstand
: very high operating temperatures without
: breaking down. Maybe you could fit a
: temperature probe to see just how hot your
: oil is getting.
: I think your bike looks great, I admire its
: originality.
: PS. The temperature here in Knaresborough,
: England is 64F at mid day. Just right!!
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