Scavenge pump location

[Captain Chaos]

sorry I meant fully-synthetic oils. I did some research about this stuff when I studied automotive engineering long ago. Also about car ois in motorbike engines, the results were quite surprising. But that's another story

[MeanBean49]

Yeah i bet there wasnt much difference between them. Have to run mineral or semi in these old motors or the clutch slips. I personally wouldnt want to be running my oil that hot, especially the hammer a turbo motor is getting.

But i suppose what works for almost everyone else might not work for some.

[Gixer1460]

Read an interesting comment elsewhere - all engines produce a small amount of water and a proportion of this will get into the oil. Running the oil sub 100 deg C won't boil off the water so leading to increased contamination. With water cooled engines oil temps aren't usually much more than water temp but I believe oil / air cooled engines have potentially higher running temps as oil doesn't give up its heat to well. I don't think there are too many bikes where the oil does much more than 5-6,000 miles between changes when oil technology allows it to live well beyond 20k miles so a little overheating can be tolerated IMO.

[MeanBean49]

Yeah but over 100 degrees and oil stops working, and past 115 it degrades and doesnt go back when it cools down. 

Oil in air/oil cooled motors still runs at pretty much same temp as water cooled bikes. Ie. Within the oils propper operating range.Thats why they tend to have higher oil capacity and lots of fins

[Godzilla]

i can't take this endless bullshit no longer. i'm out, have fun!

[vizman]

oil be back

[Scara]

In my build I used the Dr. Boost scavenger pump shown here and mounted it off a plate..

 

[Scara]

If you look heard enough, you can see the Dr. Boost Oil Scavenger pump hiding behind the side stand at the back of the engine.  As its not a Bandit or naked, I am able to 'hide' most of the gear within the confines of the fairing