OK, I know it's summer time and bike engines get hot but I'm wondering if my bike is supposed to be getting this hot. After, say, 15 minutes riding, my clutch cover is so hot that I can feel some really acute heat right through my heavy, kevlar-lined Draggin' jeans. The oil level is right where it should be, and it doesn't seem to affect the running of the bike at all, but until the hot weather kicked in, I hadn't noticed it being THAT hot.

So... Is it actually any hotter than normal, or am I just noticing it now?


-Joe Merlino Boston, MA USA 1982 BMW R100 (decomissioned), 2003 America Triumph: Cool enough for The Fonz, cool enough for me.