Is my curvy hot or not?
 

Especially in this sort of weather I’d like to know the coolant temperature of my SV. Mr Suzuki was to tight to fit a temp gauge :roll: , so I have no idea!! Has anyone fitted an aftermarket gauge?? If so what one and how?

mr pointy runs at about 93 - 97 degrees.

Mines 84 -87. (pointy)

er that’s not quite what I meant guys, #-o :lol: I would like a readout to see if/when she is getting a bit ‘ot. The simplest thing I could think of was to put a LED in on the fan circuit to see when the fan cuts in, but to be fair I’d like to know things are getting warm before that … hence wonding if anyone has fitted a gauge.

Yes I'm surprised that no one has made an aftermarket kit for the curvy. Pointy guys may not realise that we only have a wee light on the dash to warn of fan failure and imminent doom.

I wish Suzuki had kept just the light on the pointy! On a water cooled engine it is next to meaningless to know the exact temperature - as long as it is below 120 Celcius you are fine.

tis pointless really :roll: this is the only bike ive ever own'd thats had one.

i spoke to my suzuki dealer recently about an intermittent cutout problem i had and he asked me if it happened whilst running the bike stationary, i said that i had been worried about doing this because of cooling at which point he mentioned tha the curvy runs at 100 -110 before the fan cuts in

Better to know than to not IMO, and it also indicates if you're working the bike too hard, such as high speed cruising. It's the temp gauge and digi speedo I'd have off the pointy, everything else is brilliant. Oh and maybe the headlights. Curvy ones are crap.

I like to know the temp so that I know the bike is in its best operating range. This is most important to me in the winter or summer as the ambient temperatures are the extremes.

Although annoying on the road, I am particularly interested as I am building a track bike, I’d like to know if it is struggling with temp or not, especially as the rad has a few fins bent over. Also when warming it up in the pits before a session, well, basically when it is ready!??! :?