Comments on: Canadian Rockies – day 2 https://www.chinonthetank.com/2019/06/canadian-rockies-day-2/ Home Mon, 01 Jul 2019 22:37:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.6 By: rybott https://www.chinonthetank.com/2019/06/canadian-rockies-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-622960 Mon, 24 Jun 2019 18:37:53 +0000 http://www.chinonthetank.com/?p=21360#comment-622960 Nah, not to get into a pissing match with a man who’s living the dream but a lot internets people claim to be running between 220 and 280 on the XRs. 190-230 with a cooler. Everyone of them runs different though. Some guys have been running at those temps since early on and now are between 25000-30000 miles.I would love to get my temps to your range but after a bunch of reading I’m not too concerned until I get to 300. Love that you guys are doing this on the XRs.

]]> By: Ed https://www.chinonthetank.com/2019/06/canadian-rockies-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-622805 Wed, 19 Jun 2019 20:11:57 +0000 http://www.chinonthetank.com/?p=21360#comment-622805 My XR650L temps are:
– highway blasting 240-250
– sitting in a traffic jam 230
– normal riding 220

So… I’d suggest you guys are running too hot. 270-290 is insane hot.

]]> By: rybott https://www.chinonthetank.com/2019/06/canadian-rockies-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-622784 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 17:53:50 +0000 http://www.chinonthetank.com/?p=21360#comment-622784 dudes. rad trip! My XR was running way hot,over 300. Switched to Rotella T6 15W40 (i was on 5w40). Now I’m running between 250-280. Off road, going slow, 1st-2nd gear, still between 280-290 but at highway or with air moving, I’m pretty steady between 260-280. I think you stay at 300 or below you’ll be good. I’ve noticed at just about 500 miles my oil starts to breakdown and temps creep up but once I change it, I’m back to good running temp. Good luck

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