Warming up a bike
#12
1. A cold engine is experiencing the worst, most accelerated wear.
2. You should warm up your engine oil as quickly as possible, without damaging anything.
3. The quickest way to warm up an engine, without damaging anything, is to drive it slowly for the first few minutes.
4. A fuel injected engine should be started and then run long enough to get the oil pressure up, and to make sure the oil is fully circulating inside the motor.
5. 30 seconds is more than enough.
6. Then ride it gently, and not at high rpm, for the next few minutes.
Good to go.
2. You should warm up your engine oil as quickly as possible, without damaging anything.
3. The quickest way to warm up an engine, without damaging anything, is to drive it slowly for the first few minutes.
4. A fuel injected engine should be started and then run long enough to get the oil pressure up, and to make sure the oil is fully circulating inside the motor.
5. 30 seconds is more than enough.
6. Then ride it gently, and not at high rpm, for the next few minutes.
Good to go.
#13
Cracks me up when you get the guys who say it is air cooled if you let it idle it will melt down. I wonder if they ever go anywhere with a stop light.
I try to let everything warm up a bit. Not perfect every time. But by the time, I get the bike turned around, garage door closed, ect, I feel ok. Plus not hammering it right out of the driveway.
I was raised on dissimilar metals.
I try to let everything warm up a bit. Not perfect every time. But by the time, I get the bike turned around, garage door closed, ect, I feel ok. Plus not hammering it right out of the driveway.
I was raised on dissimilar metals.
#14
I'm for oil pressure and go. I commute every day on my bike and want to be kind to my neighbors. I start and go every day. Just ride easy until it gets a mile or two down the road. I've done this in freezing temps to 80 degree mornings. My commuter bike made it a 112,000 miles doing this and I only rebuilt it then because I had the money and wanted to rebuild while it was still running good to save money. My indy said the wear was normal and the worst part was the lifters and valve guides.
The newer fuel injected bikes don't require the same warm up as the older bikes and especially the bikes with carburetors. Of course if you can and your neighbors don't mind, it damn sure can't hurt anything to let it warm up a little. Even if it's not necessary.
The newer fuel injected bikes don't require the same warm up as the older bikes and especially the bikes with carburetors. Of course if you can and your neighbors don't mind, it damn sure can't hurt anything to let it warm up a little. Even if it's not necessary.
#15
#19
I "had" a carbed 03 Dyna for years that I had to play with the choke for 20 minutes every morning. Yeah, No thanks.
These days I just start the bike (a bike that runs better than any Carbed bike I've ever ridden) and just go. I don't warm it up, but I'm not hard on it right away.
Thank Fuel Injection.
These days I just start the bike (a bike that runs better than any Carbed bike I've ever ridden) and just go. I don't warm it up, but I'm not hard on it right away.
Thank Fuel Injection.
Last edited by lp; 08-25-2018 at 08:09 AM.
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