100 F showing on temp. display?

I was riding last evening, did my normal quick look at the displays, and saw I was reading 100 degrees F, and it wasn't changing. I normally see from 175-185 during my normal cruising. I waited awhile, no change. While riding, I had to turn the key off/on, restarted the bike, and read 183 right away. I know I wasn't in any danger of overheating, my fan almost never needs to run, but if I was sitting in traffic and this happened I wonder how hot it may have gotten and would the fan kick on, or would I overheat? Just wondering if anyone else has seen 100 displayed?

It might have been displaying the Air Intake temp. If you press reset you can toggle between Air Intake temp and Coolant temp. When you turn the bike on it automatically shows the Coolant temp. That might explain it.

i agree,,i think that was the air intake temp,,,when you restart it automatically starts reading the normal temp

+2 :thumbup:

Cloned said:

if you press reset you can toggle between Air Intake temp and Coolant temp. .

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That must not be a feature on the 2005 bikes... :-(

Cloned said:

It might have been displaying the Air Intake temp. If you press reset you can toggle between Air Intake temp and Coolant temp. When you turn the bike on it automatically shows the Coolant temp. That might explain it.

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Thanks, you're probably right. I had gassed up and reset the trip, but likely hit reset again and didn't notice.

I think the 100 got me worried, had it been 92 or something odd, I might not have immediately thought "glitch"

PrayHarder said:

That must not be a feature on the 2005 bikes... :-(

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Only 07 and 08.

Cloned said:

Only 07 and 08.

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The pre 07's only get the Air Intake Temp?

Avalon786 said:

The pre 07's only get the Air Intake Temp?

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That's all I have...

Man, I thought that I was so cool with the Ait Intake Temp...Now it's just old news.

Ben

Avalon786 said:

The pre 07's only get the Air Intake Temp?

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I suspect the pre 07's only get WATER temp. High AIR temp is kinda irrelevant to the bike, though it does make the nut behind the wheel sweat.

Avalon786 said:

The pre 07's only get the Air Intake Temp?

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They might do both, but since the displays are way different, it is definitely not the same function to toggle it. I'm so used to my 08 that whenever I see a pre 07 display I get lost.

mdr said:

I suspect the pre 07's only get WATER temp. High AIR temp is kinda irrelevant to the bike, though it does make the nut behind the wheel sweat.

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Actualy, we (2005 at least) have the air intake temp, and a water temp gauge.

Ben

i like to play with the air temp setting and just for giggles see how my bike runs at different air temps...so far i can't tell any difference...