R1100/R1150 Oil Temperature and RID Information

[Roger 04 RT]

It seems there are questions about the Oil Temperature Sensor (OTS) from time to time. Yesterday I moved the fuel tank back and installed a 10K Ohm potentiometer in place of the OTS, connected the GS-911 and adjusted the pot until the temperature list below showed on the GS-911. Then I measured the resistance of the pot and noted the number of bars on the RID. I estimate that the resistances are about +/-5% accurate.

The OTS is used by the rider to monitor Oil Temperature on the RID (Rider Information Display); and by the Motronic (together with the Air Temperature Sensor (ATS)) for cold starting and warm-up. Roughly speaking, there is about a 15% enrichment at 40F which tapers to 4% by 140F (or after a preset time since starting), at which time the Motronic runs in Closed Loop. The amount of enrichment and changeover to Closed Loop is also partly dependent on the ATS.

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[tr]
[td]Degrees F[/td]
[td]14[/td]
[td]20[/td]
[td]30[/td]
[td]40[/td]
[td]50[/td]
[td]60[/td]
[td]70[/td]
[td]80[/td]
[td]90[/td]
[td]100[/td]
[td]110[/td]
[td]120[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Ohms[/td]
[td]9.8K[/td]
[td]8.1K[/td]
[td]6.4K[/td]
[td]4.7K[/td]
[td]3.7K[/td]
[td]2.9K[/td]
[td]2.4K[/td]
[td]1.8K[/td]
[td]1.6K[/td]
[td]1.2K[/td]
[td]980[/td]
[td]860[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]RID Bars[/td]
[td]0[/td]
[td]0[/td]
[td]0[/td]
[td]0[/td]
[td]0[/td]
[td]0[/td]
[td]0[/td]
[td]0[/td]
[td]0[/td]
[td]1[/td]
[td]1[/td]
[td]1[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Degrees F[/td]
[td]130[/td]
[td]140[/td]
[td]150[/td]
[td]160[/td]
[td]170[/td]
[td]180[/td]
[td]190[/td]
[td]200[/td]
[td]210[/td]
[td]220[/td]
[td]230[/td]
[td]240[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Ohms[/td]
[td]720[/td]
[td]580[/td]
[td]500[/td]
[td]430[/td]
[td]330[/td]
[td]280[/td]
[td]240[/td]
[td]210[/td]
[td]190[/td]
[td]160[/td]
[td]140[/td]
[td]120[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]RID Bars[/td]
[td]2[/td]
[td]2[/td]
[td]3[/td]
[td]3[/td]
[td]4[/td]
[td]5[/td]
[td]5[/td]
[td]5[/td]
[td]5[/td]
[td]5[/td]
[td]5[/td]
[td]6[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

 

[oblertone]

Roger, you seem to have a penchant for answering questions yet to be asked; do try and get out more ...

 

[Hay Ewe]

thank you for that information
interesting to me as I have an idea for using the RID to display other information
thanks

 

[Roger 04 RT]

thank you for that information
interesting to me as I have an idea for using the RID to display other information
thanks

If you want to use it for something else, the full circuit is a 5V supply in the Motronic, with a series resistor of a few kohms, which you can test to find its value or open the Motronic and observe.