My temp gauge, recently installed, reached 100'c last week.....had me nervous considering this thread and then the wording on the site where I bought it.

MOTO-DETAIL Motorcycle Oil Temperature Gauge

Thanks

Well, mine has almost 80.000km on it with the engine untouched, and still going strong. :thumbup1:

The 1990 manual (my bike is a '03) says to change oil every 10.000km, and thats with pre 1990 grade oil, now were 20 years later, with better oil, and i still change 2-3 times as often as i should.

What they say in the link is, that you shouldn't push the bike to much, before the oil is 80 degrees hot. Nothing about how hot is allowed to get.

my gsxr is oil cooled and the oil gets very hot as it is spayed onto the cylinder head i did 420 miles the other day in hot weather and the oil was still doing its job just fine :thumbup1:

xtgirls bike suffered from oil starvation more than likely caused by a blocked oilway from using too much or the wrong sealant during the last engine rebuild :(

Mine frequently ran at 120-140c in summer traffic etc !!

No problem at all with modern semi synth oils.