Operating temperature for SV650 Sport (K8)

Hi all,
I took delivery of my new sv sport on Friday. One thing I have noticed is that the bike runs slightly hotter (high 80's to low/mid 90's degrees C ,and the fan cut in at 104 degrees c in slow traffic, although the temp dropped back to mid 90's when I was on the move again.) than my old K3 sv650s(high 70's to mid 80's). Can anyone tell me if this is normal for a K8?

It also has twin spark plugs on each cylinder,and a sensor in the exhaust pipe just after the front and rear pipes join.

My K3 runs between mid 80 to 90 on the commute to work and fan cuts in on hot days when stood in traffic and heading for 100 , seems normal to me . It may cool down by a few more degrees when the bike is run in and not so tight . Either that or you and me both have a problem LOL

Not sure about the K8, but my K6 generally hangs around the same sort of figures - 87 seems to be the temp it settles to. Did your old one have lowers on?

[fizzwheel]

Depends, traffic, road conditions, ambient temperature etc etc.

Yours sounds about right. I wouldnt be worrying about it if I was you.

Thanks for the replies, I feel better now. Also my K3 didn't have lowers. Here's hoping for a dry weekend to put some miles on the clock.

P.S So far I've fitted a fenda extenda and a Pyramid hugger in black, and I have a set of R&G crash bungs on order and the bike's colour is the metallic grey.

Well if it does rain at least the gauge will drop a bit

I hope you haven't got a problem with temp, cause if you do, so do I! Mine seems to run between 80-90 normally.

Originally Posted by orose

Not sure about the K8, but my K6 generally hangs around the same sort of figures - 87 seems to be the temp it settles to. Did your old one have lowers on?

+1 Don't think you have anything to worry about

[Paul the 6th]

mine seems to be about 90 ish on average

[Paul the 6th]

k5 with lowers btw