How should the bike get up to temp on a 2 mile commute?

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Best way is to ride far enough to get it up to temperature fully.

Sid said both poll options are bad, we know he thinks idling is bad (and I know he knows his onions)

so that leaves us with

Ride from cold is also Bad?

or

Ride from cold is good, but bad if you don't get it up to temperature?

I doubt anything you do will be any better or worse for the engine, but running it for that short time/distance will damage it. As several have said, and YC above, the journey will need to be longer to get the temperature up enough for the oil to work properly. Fortunately my journey starts and finishes with about five minutes of stop start, easy throttle, 30mph riding. This allows the engine the time to get ready for my blast on the open roads. I don't wait for it to warm up before starting out though. I get the choke to a level where 1500 rpm is steady and then shut it off after a couple of junctions when it is able to hold the revs without it.

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Sid said both poll options are bad, we know he thinks idling is bad (and I know he knows his onions)

so that leaves us with

Ride from cold is also Bad?

or

Ride from cold is good, but bad if you don't get it up to temperature?

By the time he has waited for the bike to get up to temperature he could have jumped on a push bike and ridden the two miles to work already.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Sid said both poll options are bad, we know he thinks idling is bad (and I know he knows his onions)

so that leaves us with

Ride from cold is also Bad?

or

Ride from cold is good, but bad if you don't get it up to temperature?

Use the f***ing search function seems to cover all the above options

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Use the f***ing search function seems to cover all the above options

Can't be f****g ar$ed 'cos I'm going to bed seems to cover that response

Nor f**king me, I'll read the thread after someone posts the link up

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Can't be f****g ar$ed 'cos I'm going to bed seems to cover that response

If you cannot be f***ing ar$ed to search I cannot be f***ing ar$ed to write a sensible answer. Seems to cover a lot of threads appearing over last few days eh

Here you go you lazy *******s lol

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.p...hlight=warm+up
http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.p...hlight=warm+up
http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.p...hlight=warm+up

Sounds right and justified to me, choke on just to start, turn it of as soon as possible, then open throttle a tad to warm up rather than use the choke, (Or ride at low revs until warm)

Originally Posted by beabert

hold throttle open gently to warm up

Think my neighbors would kill me if i sat on the drive with the throttle open til the bike was warm.
But thanks for the summary, way to lazy to read them all

Originally Posted by metalhead19

Think my neighbors would kill me if i sat on the drive with the throttle open til the bike was warm.
But thanks for the summary, way to lazy to read them all

Not fully open, under 3k, less rich than using choke, illl edit.