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Originally Posted by fitze
No, No, and No. You don,t need oil cooler on OHV engines used on motorcycles like the Hawk. just wasting your money.
Put your time and money in stuff like handguards, larger footpegs and maybe new rear brake design and improved suspension.
Drop the oil cooler idea.
One more, a new seat design. We didn't likes the seat on our Hawks that much.
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I respectfully disagree. I have two of the finned oil coolers for my hawks. besides increasing the oil capacity a ton, they cool the valve area which if you live where it gets hot, is a seriously good thing.if you're in alaska or run roads at good airflow speeds all the time, then maybe a cooler won't offer you a ton of good, but if you ride hard gnarly trails at low speeds, then the coolers are a godsend. I think wolftrax was advised by a hawk tech to put one on for his expedition bike so he could run sustained high speeds on the good roads in the hot southwest.
what i like about mjstefs version is the side mount (more airflow) and the much stronger construction. The skinny metal fins on mine may not be all that durable and if a rock flies up and crunches them, it will be a race to the JB weld before i lose too much oil.!
otoh, if you're an easy rider kind of guy and don't stress the motor much, no need for the cooler, but if you run hard where it gets toasty, just the peace of mind is more than worth it which is why i got mine
Gets hot out here, and my bro and I thrash the gnarlies
seriously looking to put one of his strong ones on my incoming TT250 so I can seriously wring it out on the highways round here. ever notice that serious commercial trucks and boat engines carry a chitload of oil? there's a reason.