I've seen 130-140C plenty of times before. Don't worry, they all do that. Remember people are riding these things about Athens etc!!!

Good oil is always worth it - check out Shazaam!’s words on this.

Actually I’m thinking of adding an ‘oil stat’ to get the oil upto temperature quicker… Any thoughts?

You're having a larf :D

Stupid boy Pikey :rolleyes:

No honest!!! – hear me out; low temperature oil is not great for engine wear etc... An oil stat will re-circulate it till it gets up to temperature, then re-direct it thought the cooler. In theory warm up time should be quicker, but the cooling efficiency un-affected.

In theory….

maxypriest is right!

"evoluzione" used to make one for Ducatis some time ago but it's not continued any more... (too bad :(:mad:).

at the moment you can look for these too oil thermostats:

-- http://www.perma-cool.com/Catalog/Cat_page14.html

-- http://www.thinkauto.com/oilstatcolour.htm ("mocal" thermostat). the right type for the Ducatis is one of the 3 on the top row.


I'm about to get one because it's better to have the oil temperature controlled by a proper thermostat rather than a piece of foil (as I used to do until now).

I'm trying to figure out what size ar the fittings for the oil lines. anybody knows this one? it will save me (and others too I believe) some time of looking around... :rolleyes::p:D

After about 20 mins running my oil temp varies between 95-120 depending on speed (obviously down to air cooling).

I agree with posts regarding fully synth oil for air cooled bikes, the extra protection cant hurt. Did a lot of research on nerdy net for oil and always use Silkolene Pro 4. http://www.silkolene.com/img.asp?OBJ_ID=25274

the dd bikes get very hot on the race track (600ss) I have seen temp over 100 just after a 20 min race

Getting hot
 

110 is normal my superlight takes about 20 miles to reach that temp
as previous comments they will go higher in traffic
I do try not to wind it up till its nice and hot. had mine about 9 years now


superlightmike

Just picked up my Multi from Ducati Wolves yesterday and rode it up to Chorley (100 miles) mainly motorway. In wolverhampton traffic it crept up to about 90c then dropped a bit when the speed picked up. Reading the manual that came with it, the digi temp gauge reads LO till 39c then actual temp up to 171c then flashes HI after that, so it seems all is OK up to then.
Cheers, Brian.