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Oct 5th, 2007, 11:03 PM
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#1 | | Very Active Poster 50+
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Brooks, Alberta. Canada
Posts: 53 Model: 2008 Road King Classic Interests: Reading, Riding and the New Orleans Saints! Occupation: Oil battery operator
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Was curious as to what percentage of Harley riders are running with engine oil coolers?
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Oct 6th, 2007, 12:13 AM
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#2 | | Has posted 500+
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| I don't, and to tell ya the truth, I know very few people that do. | |
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Oct 6th, 2007, 05:45 AM
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#3 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Stanton, NJ
Posts: 1,298 Model: 04 Dyna WG (with a 240 rear tire) Interests: Harleys, drag racing, family, fishing, my rottweilers, the UFC Occupation: Carpenter/Builder
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Oct 6th, 2007, 11:45 AM
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#4 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Oregon City, OR
Posts: 1,148 Model: 09 Ultra Classic Interests: Motorcycles, camping, fishing, old cars Occupation: Home Inspector
| The only time you may need one is if you live in extremely hot areas of the country like Vegas, Phoenix or some place like that. Another place would be if your pulling a trailer other than that you really don't need one. | 
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Oct 6th, 2007, 06:33 PM
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#5 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
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| well i guess i am aby normal,,,,, 
i have oil coolers on both my hogs, and have done so since the mid 70's. i feel they help, and certanly dont hurt......but, i have always fabed my own, never bought one from harley or aftermarket. | |
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Oct 6th, 2007, 07:12 PM
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#6 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Oregon City, OR
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Originally Posted by chucktx  well i guess i am aby normal,,,,,
i have oil coolers on both my hogs, and have done so since the mid 70's. i feel they help, and certanly dont hurt......but, i have always fabed my own, never bought one from harley or aftermarket. | How and what did you use to make your own. | |
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Oct 6th, 2007, 09:48 PM
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#7 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
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| most of the time i used power steering coolers from the auto parts stores..very small and compact, when painted, hardly visible, but if left the bare aluminum they dont look bad either. the one on my 06 is bare aluminum. | |
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Oct 7th, 2007, 05:17 AM
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#8 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Stanton, NJ
Posts: 1,298 Model: 04 Dyna WG (with a 240 rear tire) Interests: Harleys, drag racing, family, fishing, my rottweilers, the UFC Occupation: Carpenter/Builder
| Leave it to Chuck to be the engineering whiz guy over here!! Is there anything you DON'T do Chuck?!?!  | |
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Oct 7th, 2007, 07:46 AM
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#9 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 1,139 Model: 2004 E Glide Standard, Stage 1. Interests: Riding, fishing, hunting, camping, spending time with wife and daughter Occupation: Air Force Nurse
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Originally Posted by voodoochild Leave it to Chuck to be the engineering whiz guy over here!! Is there anything you DON'T do Chuck?!?! | I can tell you that he also cooks meat on the grill that tastes pretty good!!! If I remember right, was chicken.....
Ya know chuck....I seem to remember a few posts that you have replied to.....something about "this post would be better with pics......" so lets see that cooler you rigged!!!  | |
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Oct 7th, 2007, 11:21 AM
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#10 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Stanton, NJ
Posts: 1,298 Model: 04 Dyna WG (with a 240 rear tire) Interests: Harleys, drag racing, family, fishing, my rottweilers, the UFC Occupation: Carpenter/Builder
| Yeah Nurse, good point, where are the pics!!  | |
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Oct 7th, 2007, 06:20 PM
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#11 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
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| first pic is the cooler mounted between the downtubes. the second is showing were i had to trim the oil line cover to allow the room for hoses. i think you can spend a bunch of money and get a chrome one from hd, but as you can see my bike doesnt have a lot of chrome.....too much work, and it takes away from riding time. this cover also houses my oil temp gauge. the total spent for the mods...cooler and gauge,hoses,clamps ect...also done at the same time i installed a mechanical oil pressure gauge, brings total to nearly 100 dollars.......  | |
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Oct 8th, 2007, 04:22 PM
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#12 | | Newbie
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| Living down in S Florida gets damn hot in the summer...However, never found a need to run oil coolers on my 04 Road King or my 124" custom chop, because I always run Mobil1 synthetic...
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Oct 8th, 2007, 07:23 PM
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#13 | | Has posted 500+
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Posts: 1,729 Model: 03 E Glide X cop bike Interests: My family Old Dodge truck's Riding My Glide Occupation: Retired truck Driver
| My 03 E Glide is the first HD I have not had a cooler on ,I like your set-up Chuck | |
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Oct 8th, 2007, 07:43 PM
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#14 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
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| one evening project......piece of cake!!! | |
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Oct 8th, 2007, 07:45 PM
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#15 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Stanton, NJ
Posts: 1,298 Model: 04 Dyna WG (with a 240 rear tire) Interests: Harleys, drag racing, family, fishing, my rottweilers, the UFC Occupation: Carpenter/Builder
| One evening project??? How many hours are in YOUR days? I can't get half as much accomplished in double the amount of time as you, how do you do it?? | |
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Oct 8th, 2007, 07:48 PM
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#16 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
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Oct 8th, 2007, 07:52 PM
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#17 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Stanton, NJ
Posts: 1,298 Model: 04 Dyna WG (with a 240 rear tire) Interests: Harleys, drag racing, family, fishing, my rottweilers, the UFC Occupation: Carpenter/Builder
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Oct 9th, 2007, 11:24 AM
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#18 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: The Shores of Tonto Creek
Posts: 689 Interests: Guns, Hunting, Fishing, 4 wheeling and riding Occupation: Network Administrator
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Originally Posted by FLHTbiker The only time you may need one is if you live in extremely hot areas of the country like Vegas, Phoenix or some place like that. Another place would be if your pulling a trailer other than that you really don't need one. | Everyone I know runs one. | |
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Oct 9th, 2007, 11:36 AM
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#19 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Oregon City, OR
Posts: 1,148 Model: 09 Ultra Classic Interests: Motorcycles, camping, fishing, old cars Occupation: Home Inspector
| Yea, Arizona might be a place where you would want one. I've run all my Haley's with the exception of the SE Ultra that has the 110 in it (comes with a oil cooler already built in) without an oil cooler and never had a problem. If you ride in parades a lot a cooler won't help you either but a big fan mounted on the side would, but then there's the clutch which is a whole other story of its own. | |
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