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Oil Temp Guages
I have a '76 R90/6 that has a
If you wanted to install something like this, drilling and tapping the hole for the sender is easy enough to do, but you'd have to pull the oil pan, which isn't really that big of a deal, either.
The nice thing about having a gauge that is mounted up by the handlebars is that you don't really have to take your eyes off the road, whereas with a dipstick gauge, you're having to look down around your ankle, and you don't even have the road ahead in your peripheral vision.
I live in Houston, TX, and it gets hot down here during the summer. So, having an oil temp gauge is something I consider very helpful.
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Just curious...has your VDO
'78 R100/7 '69 R69S '52 R25/2
Fast. Neat. Average. Friendly. Good. Good.
Actually I pay pretty close
By the way, back on topic, I found a place that sells the dipstick oil temp gauges (scroll down almost all the way to the bottom):
http://www.bmwhucky.com/010011.html
$68 -- not all that cheap, but cheaper than my setup, I'm sure. BTW, Hucky's looks to be a good site for finding vintage Beemer parts in general.