If you have the time and are able to, let it idle, without blipping the throttle, until the front rocker box starts to get warm. Then you are ready to go.

 

This. No other reasonable excuse or alternative. Even in MN when my car was in -20 degree temps, I'd let it idle no more than a minute. Then slowly drive it for the first 3-5 minutes. Idling is hard on an engine. Most inefficient, besides WOT, really.

 

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'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.

 

I start up in garage, maneuver onto driveway and then go. I keep the RPM below 3,000 until I see the oil pressure drop back to around 35 Lbs +/- (where it stays when fully warmed). Otherwise I don't worry about it with the newer engines, fuel injection and synthetic oil.

 

I let mine idle a minute or two, take it easy the first few miles, then all is well.

 

i start my bike, put on my helmet, glasses, back it out of the garage, close garage, then take off slowly. i feel like that is a good enough warm up

 

 

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.

 

I start up, let the engine fast idle. During this time I visually check the bike out to make sure tires are good and all my bags and fasteners are latched etc. When the the tach drops a 1000 rpm's I'm ready to roll.