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Oil
I agree- oil is not a function of overheating even though different ones may one slightly cooler.
On an air cooled motor, overheating is a function of lack of airflow. Without an oil temp gauge on R1100S, how do you know it is really overheating?
Remember a few times hitting some horrible construction on I-45 on a R1150RT once owned with oil temp gauge running to Dallas and another time to Galveston. It did get up to danger zone but did not see any symptoms. It was 100 degree plus days on black asphalt. I would finally got off the payment to the dirt next to highway and would run between 5 to 10 mph for about a half mile and temp would drop with airflow. Doing this is against the law and had two thoughts if law enforcement pulled me over. They were to tell him bike was overheating as many cars did and could not afford a motor rebuild plus tickets are for public safety. I was not doing anything to harm public safety at those speeds away from traffic and at speeds of less than 10 MPH. If I got a ticket (which I did not), so be it. After an hour of this crap, finally got out of construction zone, got air flow, and bike would run a cool as a cucumber.
In conclusion- all about airflow on oil and air heads.
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