Thats why theirs a sheild in front of the radiator..and the plastic too [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

With air cooled it's a good idea for the oil cooler, really helps keep the motor cool. It's a pretty fun project installing one too.

 

what about air scoops? how much would those help an air cooled

 

Just about every set of air scoops I've seen on the market are for the radiators on liquid cooled atvs. The cylinder heads have fins on them but you wont get much cooling from any kind of air scoop unless its directed towards the engine itself with I've never seen air scoops do.

 

I ride my bike super hard and i neevr had problems with overheating, air cooled motors have a little more give in their design to deal with expansion and contraction, they are a little "looser". An oil cooler will effectivly drop oil temps enough when your going big with an air cooled motor, personally i think the only thing that makes the newer bikes better is the valvetrain setups they are using, not the liquid cooling.

 

The honda is more reliable and much better for the woods. But also on the flipside i would choose the z400 not for its speed but for its power and yes it being liquid cooled. it is a much closer running between the two since the ex now has reverse where used to in that reason the z400 was much better. It is really all in what you plan to do with in. mx ride. woods ride or woods race

 

one nice thing to, isan aircooled motor is better balenced front to back than a liquid cooled engine for jumping and wheelying. i guess with the 650's and such today it realy doesnt matter, but back when 4 strokes were only like 250's it made a big diffrence.

 

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I would have to say they both have there advantages and disadvantages but to say that a lot of mud would plug the cooling fins on an air cooled, what about the radiator on a liquid cooled motor?