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No one here has an oil temp gauge as well do they? If you've only got one temp reading it's a 99% chance it'll be your coolant not your oil. Oil takes a lot longer than coolant to warm up...and is the important one...
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I also ride off as soon as the bike will go without stalling.
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I let the bike run until it idles with no choke, then I ride off gently for 5 mins or so before raising the revs a bit.
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Warm it up by starting leaving for 30 seconds then holding it at full throttle on the rev limiter for 32.3 seconds... All warm.
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start it, ride it slow and easy till it reaches 50 odd and riding that only takes a min or two so youve got nothing to worry about.
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was told by someone i'd trust with engines "Any engine half revs until up to temperature is fine". Safe to say his Audi A6 is at 180,000 miles and hasn't missed a beat although his wing mirror is broken.
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2 Stoke defo needs warming and for a long time....
SV not so much I usually leave the the R6 about 1-2 mins then ride crarefully |
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Engines warm up faster with a bit of load on them, so fire them up and run them gently for the first few miles. Once hot, ride normally. Oil needs to get hot to boil off condensation etc, so riding too gently for the whole journey is not good for it either, but I dont suppose that applies to anyone on this forum!
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At idle it takes longer to warm up and oil pressure will also be lower. As long as you take it easy for the first few miles, and dont show it the redline until the oil is properly warm then I shouldn't worry. |
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Throughout the ownership of my bike I have done this : Put jacket and trousers and boots on , go outside and start bike , unlock chain , zip jacket and do lid up , throw gloves on , back it out of driveway and then pull away . No more than 2 minutes tops to do all that . Run the bike for about a mile to the A55 at no more than 5k revs and then when I hit the A55 I don`t go past 7k revs . Once I am onto the fast bit of the road the bike is nicely warmed up and I am happy to give her a bit of a Toot on the way to work . Last edited by xXBADGERXx; 22-02-09 at 11:15 PM. |
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