Mon Jun 2 12:11:02 1997 - Message No. 970
From: Stefan Loth

Subject: Inspection/Oil temperature


Hi everybody,

Friday I picked up my bike from the first service. Does somebody know,
what the normal price for this is in Germany. Honda charged me 330.-DM
incl. oil change (wich is, as they told me not suggested by Honda). I
think that this is pretty much for a smal inspection.

Second thing is; I bought with the bike a oil thermometer (racimex range
from 80° to 160°C). It shows mostly nothing. The temperature is most of
the time below 80°C. Information from my Honda dealer "this is the
normal state". Outside the cities (no highway) around 80°C, on the
highway apr. 85°C to 90°C. He told me that the temperature is going up
to 110°C with hight speed on the higway and outside temperatures above
30°C. This means the oil is getting not very hot. But the racimex meter
is the wrong investment. I found in one of my "wonderfull world boxes" a
meter from "Motometer". This starts with 50°C to 150°C. This works
better. It makes no sence to see nothing on the oil and water temerature
meter.
If somebody is thinking about a oil temp meter, my hint, go for a one
that starts at 50°C.

Regards

Stefan

--
 Stefan Loth
 Veldhauser Str. 199
 48527 Nordhorn
 phone: +49 172 274 0162
 eMail: stefan.loth@citicorp.com



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