KTM motorcycles are notorious for running hot. The rise and fall of the temperature is predictable, smooth, and steady like clockwork. It tends to only drop 10 to 15F before kicking off the fan and letting the temperature come up again to 164 or 165F. OEM Ethylene Glycol Coolant Resultsġ1 minutes after starting the bike and letting it idle the engine block temperature hit 165F and the cooling fan came on for about 30 seconds. This testing took place in my garage with an ambient temperature of 14 Celsius or 57F. This bike only has 8500kms (~5300miles) on it, is less than a year old, and has always run 4 bars on the temperature gauge even when running in very hot or cold weather. I first established a baseline reading using the OEM ethylene glycol in my 2019 790 adventure.
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