oil cooler

Oil coolers work, stopped or moving, for the simple reason that the cooler itself is a larger area for the disbursment of heat,

Inside the motor the oil has little cooling options, it's job is to lubricate and take heat away from metal parts, the cooling on an air cooled motor is from the air passing over the fins, and the fins dissipating heat when stopped.

You feel heat coming off the motor when you're stopped, that's the fins getting the heat out, when you move the cooler air helps cool the fins and the motor.

TC's feel hotter because they shed heat better than EVos, Pans, Shovels etc. Larger fins = larger cooling area.

When you have a cooler, your oil temp is lower when you ride, when you come to a stop your oil temp is lower than it would be without a cooler.

So if you're running 240 without and if you get a 20 degree rise at a light, then you're up to 260, with a cooler it's 220 and 240 respectively, and as you pull away the cooler is going to lower that temp back down faster.

Synthetic work better, longer and holds its properties better than dyno so it' helps lower temps as well.

If you live in the Upper Michigan area I doubt a coolers worth the purchase, however if you live the south, south west, or anywhere the summer riding temps are in the 90's or higher, it's a good investment.

I can tell the difference when my cooler is not on the bike.

Remember too the diameter of the frontal area is just part of the cooling, the fins are over an inch deep so that increases the area cooling oil.

JMO>

so....

Ok, so here I go, throwing out my "ignorance".....I am now in the land of HEAT.....didn't have to worry about a think in Germany.....now I am riding to work in 80 and home in 95 plus......not a bad option by description.....how much do they run? Are there different models? What is better? WHERE do they go (how do they affect the "looks" on a stock bike)? This may be something that I need to look at closer!!!