A few miles at least good to warm up the gears and primary good. That's why NASCAR cars rn several pace laps befpre the start

 

Start up let run for about 30 sec. and blast off into the sunset, run it hard and put it away wet.

 

the steel engine parts and the aluminum dont warm up at the same rate! let it idle 2-4 minutes if cold or your seals will eventually leak. if hot out -- less idle time

 

On my Bob (with the EFI), I just start it, roll it down the driveway with the clutch in and take off when the road is clear. Probably under a minute at the longest. I always go pretty easy on it, I don't ride hard (yet at least).

On my wife's Low Rider (carbed) the manual says to start it on the choke ("enricher"), then shove it half-way in and go ride while it warms up, then shove the enricher back in when the rpms go up to 2000 rpms at idle. That can't be done. Bike will spit, sputter, jump, jerk, stall, and generally throw a fit. First time we tried that, it ended up fouling the plugs and we thought we'd really messed something up.

So instead we follow the advice of the dealer. He told us to just start it on the choke and shove it back in as soon as you get the rpms up with the throttle, lock the throttle on (or just hold) till it's warmed up enough to idle on its own. That method works great, and seems to only take maybe 5 mins or so.

So much for following the directions.

 

i start it then put lid on and from there i listen to my engine she'll let me know when she is ready to go

 

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