oil and extreme cold Help! motorheads welcome

[Hackstetter 0]

bounce off some ideas to some fellow "motorheads": i'm going to do some enduro type testing on a police interceptor concept that has 2x2 borrowed from my invex998 that i've built. Temp outside will be on average 14 degrees, my transmission has gear oil in it and i'm worried the viscosity will not react well in the cold , especially from a cold start, this may effect the 2x2 in the first 10 min of use.
I was thinking,could i preheat the oil using exhaust temp/ exchanger, or engine coolant or something electric.. has anyone ever seen anything like a pre heater on a bike?

[madsod 0]

this any help
http://www.reiffpreheat.com/Motorcycle.htm

[XS1100 0]

What viscosity gear oil have you in it now?

I take that as -10 Celsius and not 57fahrenheit?

[Hackstetter 0]

yup 10 Celsius 80/90 weight gear oil... i'm looking for a method that does not require a power source not on the bike?

[madsod 0]

@Hackstetter wrote:

yup 10 Celsius 80/90 weight gear oil... i'm looking for a method that does not require a power source not on the bike?

set fire to it that will work

[XS1100 0]

-10 where the hell are you then????

should make little or no difference.

but there will be some nice oil pressure!

[Hackstetter 0]

winter in Finland, i was thinking of running a coil/exchanger that has hot radiator fluid pumped into it

[XS1100 0]

Or A diesel glow plug.

[dick65 0]

ive had no probs riding at -10 in the uk running standard 10w/40

[Hackstetter 0]

@dick65 wrote:

ive had no probs riding at -10 in the uk running standard 10w/40

I may need nothing, however I see it as a preventive measure. few bikes use gear oil, I think BMW uses it in the shaft drive (ring and pinion setup) I use gear oil in my gearbox because I have a gearbox similar to a transfer case for the 2x2 and I do not want the thick oil at first start to hinder the torque biasing of the all wheel drive.
i might be able to switch to an ATF type fluid

[dick65 0]

im with you now

[Hackstetter 0]

@madsod wrote:

this any help
http://www.reiffpreheat.com/Motorcycle.htm

If i could find this in a 12v power supply like an N20 Bottle heater this would work.

Thanks Guys

was thinking of a "stove pipe" off the header and then i thought about years later when the bikes are old it would just be a good way to set the bike on fire