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Is an oil cooler a bonus, a premium adder?
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<blockquote data-quote="Constant Mesh" data-source="post: 1334587" data-attributes="member: 615"><p>I've noticed on many of the Yamaha liquid-cooled bikes that they've included an oil to coolant heat exchanger.</p><p></p><p>Don't know if that's a premium feature or if it allows for less oil and an oil pan with less surface area and reduced air cooling?</p><p></p><p>Many of the Kawasaki bikes don't have oil coolers. For two Kawasaki models with basically the same engine, one has an oil cooler and the other one doesn't. One has a cooler and the other has a blank cover with o-ring instead of a cooler.</p><p></p><p>Having or not having an oil cooler probably doesn't affect one's choice of bikes -- not a big feature for marketing.</p><p></p><p>Don't know if Yamaha or Kawasaki is seen as being the better engine designer?</p><p></p><p>I will say that Kawasaki has a simpler, more elegant design in its output to the drive shaft on the Concours 1400. The FJR has three parallel shafts in the transmission and middle drive. The Concours only has two. The Concours design is quite elegant. Maybe they studied the FJR design and developed an improvement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Constant Mesh, post: 1334587, member: 615"] I've noticed on many of the Yamaha liquid-cooled bikes that they've included an oil to coolant heat exchanger. Don't know if that's a premium feature or if it allows for less oil and an oil pan with less surface area and reduced air cooling? Many of the Kawasaki bikes don't have oil coolers. For two Kawasaki models with basically the same engine, one has an oil cooler and the other one doesn't. One has a cooler and the other has a blank cover with o-ring instead of a cooler. Having or not having an oil cooler probably doesn't affect one's choice of bikes -- not a big feature for marketing. Don't know if Yamaha or Kawasaki is seen as being the better engine designer? I will say that Kawasaki has a simpler, more elegant design in its output to the drive shaft on the Concours 1400. The FJR has three parallel shafts in the transmission and middle drive. The Concours only has two. The Concours design is quite elegant. Maybe they studied the FJR design and developed an improvement. [/QUOTE]
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