Bike warm-up?

[Armitage Shanks]

Start it up then put Helmet and gloves on and go, don't believe in waiting for minutes till the needle's on warm. Then ride gently for a few minutes,the 'Busa warms up very quickly anyway but I'm also mindful of the cold tyres. My Bandit 1200 on the other hand needed the choke on for at least 5 minutes - recalcitrant bitch.

[Manxman]

i gunually just push bike down drive start her up on choke let it idle wile i go close shead gate put gloves on by that time idle has raised choke off normal idle ride slow for a couple k then im on the highway let it rip

Ditto. Takes just under 5 mins to get out of Fitby, which is long enough on low revs to be good to go soon as I hit SH58.

[dipshit]

use the correct oil ...the most waer occurs straight after start up..ie the first few revolutions as the cold thick oil "doesnt" flow through the engine"One of the main advantages of the thinner synthetics....and no downside cos the thin synthetics dont break down at the temps the thin dino oils do...

This is my thinking too and is partly why I went to a Amsoil synthetic 10w-40. So it cost an extra $50... big deal.

[_STAIN_]

Simply put,work out how your oil pump is driven then decide how long you want to wait and listen to your cold motor and overworked oil pump achieving bugger all at idle.

+1 only warm long enough that you can safely pull out into traffic and bike won't bog down. It is far more important to get that oil pump spinning in normal operating range so motor gets good oil pressure around 50psi. Idle = 5-10psi...not good for motor especially when cold. Very old skool motors need extended metal warm up.

[98tls]

+1 only warm long enough that you can safely pull out into traffic and bike won't bog down. It is far more important to get that oil pump spinning in normal operating range so motor gets good oil pressure around 50psi. Idle = 5-10psi...not good for motor especially when cold. Very old skool motors need extended metal warm up.

Stop making sense,this is Kiwi biker.

[Forest]

I generally follow the instructions in the owners manual.

Almost every bike manual I have read says:

(a) Avoid extended idling.
(b) The best way to warm the engine is to ride with light use of the throttle.
(c) Don't use the engine's full rpm range until the engine has warmed up.

[Swoop]

Start.
Put glubs on.
Pootle off down street.
Done.

In my case it can overheat the cats with exhaust full of unburnt fuel.

Best get rid of that silly item then...