Warming up the engine?

I generally start the engine, put my lid on, gloves on, rucksack on and I deem that long enough. In fairness, where I live is quite residential so it takes a little time before I get somewhere where I could go a little faster.

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by Messie

"warming up a bike is all loss and no gain"

True that. Warming the engine before you ride it is at best a waste of fuel
Sitting still idling, (even a fast idle), causes the engine to take the longest time to heat up, the oil pressure is at the lowest it can be for as long as possible and everything is lacking the ideal fit it will get when it is hot, so you want to get it to temperature as quickly as you reasonably can - which is achieved by starting it and riding it without wasting time and fuel warming it up. So press the button, put your other glove on and ride away, gently of course - don't spank it when it's cold - and get some heat in it as soon as you can.

Warming up - don't do it; start it ride it.

[yorkie_chris]

Start it up and warm it up only long enough for it to get to a rideable temperature. On a carby this might be 10s on choke, on an injected due to better fuel mixing probably by the time (a late injected...) will have come down from it's initial fast idle.

When you ride away be gentle and smooth for the first 1 or 2 miles as it's this initial warm up that seems to make a good difference to tyre wear.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

On a carby this might be 10s on choke

thats all I do, its too noisy at 6.40 in the morning to leave it ticking over.

[STRAMASHER]

Originally Posted by k1ngy SV

im not going to be riding a curvey
and yeahh just wonderd if there was a certain temp people like to get them at before they ride away, after having a 2stroke & waiting for that thing.. better safe then sorryyy

Press and go. Just go easy for the first minute or so. It will be a revelation to you compared to your 2-smoke. Its all so easy. (Nae Fragrence D' Comp Deux anymore tho' ......AAAH!....THE SMELL OF IT !)

[lukemillar]

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

True that. Warming the engine before you ride it is at best a waste of fuel
Sitting still idling, (even a fast idle), causes the engine to take the longest time to heat up, the oil pressure is at the lowest it can be for as long as possible and everything is lacking the ideal fit it will get when it is hot, so you want to get it to temperature as quickly as you reasonably can - which is achieved by starting it and riding it without wasting time and fuel warming it up. So press the button, put your other glove on and ride away, gently of course - don't spank it when it's cold - and get some heat in it as soon as you can.

Warming up - don't do it; start it ride it.

Ok el wise Squid- What about racebikes? Not so easy to warm them up by riding! At best you get a lap before having to give it the berries!

Originally Posted by lukemillar

Ok el wise Squid- What about racebikes? Not so easy to warm them up by riding! At best you get a lap before having to give it the berries!

Was going to mention this but then couldn't be *rsed

[mister c]

I basically start my curvy in the shed on choke & leave it ticking over while I lock the shed & push it around the front of the house. By that time it is suitably warm enough to knock the choke off & ride away

The only priority that I have before the bike is put into gear is oil flow.

FI Daytona gets started once sitting on the bike and all geared up except gloves and helmet. XT needs 5 seconds on the throttle before it will even tick over, and needs to run for at least 20-30 seconds longer before it's happy enough to half close the choke and ride away, so I start it on the sidestand before I put my jacket on.

There's a massive thread of discussion on this somewhere.