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[jug-head]

230' on a 500mile engine is perfect. Hot enough to evaporate the moister but cool enough not to break-down the oil. The temps will drop a little once the engine breaks in.

[HDDOCFL]

Don!  I am running a Canned Map with a PCV from fuel moto, plenty of fuel geting in there, get 30 to 34 mpg with two up riding in 6yh gear at 75 mph.   Doc

[grc]

Folks need to not obsess over oil temps on these air cooled bikes.  The engine is designed to run an oil temp of 230°F in 70°F ambient conditions.  This is running down the highway, not sitting in traffic waiting on a train.  If you crank up the ambient temp or reduce the amount of air flowing over the engine and oil cooler, the oil temp is going to increase.  As long as it stays within reasonable limits it's not something that should be causing lost sleep or massive amounts of spending to eliminate.  BTW, why do you suppose H-D, the company that refused to "bless" synthetic oils for 30 years, decided to go to synthetic when they increased engine size to 103 and then to 110 in³?  They obviously knew that the larger engines and leaner mixtures would result in higher oil temps, and that synthetics would stand up to those temps much better than the old dino oils.

A new engine, due to internal friction, will run a little hotter than a well broken in version.  If you're running 230-240 on an engine with only 500 miles on it, you are doing just fine.

Jerry

[HDDOCFL]

grc  thanks for your input, this is my first 110" and on my other bikes have always bee able to get temps down to 210-220* that includes some 120" motors, nervius in the service I guess, have 850 miles now and still at 230* at the pan with outside temps at 87*. Thanks Doc