decided to install a temp guage,,,,, it worked out pretty good,,,, i said in another post on here somewhere that it idled at 180,,, i didnt have my old person reading glasses on,,, it will idle around 160 and get to about 185 when riding,,,,,, would like to hear some input on what temp. other are seeing their machines run at,,,,, it is around 98 degress here when i was getting these temps,,,,, thanks,,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,, cg