Thanks Javier and Bertrand!
The ADV Rider article was interesting with many people saying that there really was no problem running the temps that high. I have had the oil pressure light flicker at idle when at the top of the temperature gauge so I personally think there is a problem. I'll have to pull the tank off when it is low on fuel and have a look to see if I can find the thermostat.
Now that we're out of serious off pavement stuff for a while (out of Mongolia and now heading to SE Asia) I will take off the oil cooler guard. I wouldn't have thought that it would make that big of a difference in stopped traffic but it is an easy "fix".
I haven't felt the oil cooler lines but I have felt the oil cooler and it does get hot. I checked it one time at a break, after it had been sitting for a few minutes, and it was ice cold. I didn't think that it would cool off that quickly (the valve covers were still hot) so that's when I started thinking that it might be the thermostat.
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'89 R100GS 250,000 km (and ready for another continent)
'07 R1200GS Adventure 100,000 km (just finished Circumnavigating Asia)
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