Warming your bike up?

[skippa1]

start her up, let her run by herself for a minute or two while I get the helmet n gloves on, then ride her without thrashing until shes at normal running temp. Same goes for the bike

[Swoop]

Start, glubs on, leg thrown over, head off.

What is this "choke" thing, or is it something to do with the pie just eaten?

[imdying]

Choke? WTF is that then?

I know right! Just tip the bike on its side to flood it

[ducatilover]

Start, glubs on, leg thrown over, head off.

I do the same, except I keep my head on, my neck gets cold without it.

[nudemetalz]

About 30 seconds for the Guzzi. Enough time to wheel her out and put on the gear.
Then ride very quietly under 3000rpm (remember it's a big low-revving twin) for about 2-3 minutes.

[Jay GTI]

Further advice I've also had from those engineering types, idling from cold for long periods supposedly does more harm than good, as there isn't any load on the engine, hence bearings, pistons, rings and other such internal gubbins aren't being worked correctly.

No idea if that is true, but the guy I was told that by had a beard, was wearing greased-up overalls and smelled of swarfega....

[gale_wolf]

No idea if that is true, but the guy I was told that by had a beard, was wearing greased-up overalls and smelled of swarfega....

This dude sounds suspiciously like my dad making a mess in the garage circa 1985...

[scumdog]

Engineering must have moved on since the days when it sounded like a good idea to wait a few minutes while oil got between the metal parts reducing metal to metal contact...

A few MINUTES??

Do you not think it's a bit excessive?

Add those minutes together over a year and it's a tank of gas and a few hundred km's down the gurgler...

[**R1**]

start it, rev it, ride it, i couldt care less whats going on inside it, i just wana ride!!!! i have owned plenty of bikes and none have craped out becouse they wernt warmed up lol
and if its worth riding im sure they still make spares lol

[Voltaire]

A few MINUTES??

Do you not think it's a bit excessive?

Add those minutes together over a year and it's a tank of gas and a few hundred km's down the gurgler...

ok....a minute or two.... Years ago the guru of air cooled VW's said first thing to do was disconnect the choke....raw fuel washing the oil off the cylinder wall was bad...followed by rolling a ciggy while the motor warmed up......I disconnect all VW chokes still.....never took to smoking though...
I knew an engineer from Audi once....he was a dirt under the nails ,hands on engineer.....not like the paper ones you get these days.....( sounded pretty old geezer didn't it... )

[bogan]

I'm sure there is a massive thread on here somewhere about this.

I do about 30 secs warm up as I wheel her out of the garage and shut doors/gates etc. But of course it depends on the machine, an FI 4T isn't likely to require as much warm up as a 2T.

[martybabe]

The owners manual for my beemer specifically says to start the bike and ride off immediately, do not leave the bike standing with the motor running . never seen that in print before.

[allycatz]

My other half turned his bike on to warm up the hand grips while he geared up, turned off the head light whilst doing so. Wondered why he was nearly taken out at an intersection on way to work....he'd forgot to turn light back on duh!!!!

[Oakie]

I always Give my PhatGirl at least a minute at 2tho rpm (@ 0630 every morning...neighbours love me lol), I find she likes a warm up , gets the oil flowing and it stops her from coughing and farting at the start of the day.....but shes a grumpy italian with angry carbs, so its to be expected I spose

Sounds like Mrs Oakie.

[tommygun]

"From cold (10C) use the cold start level (ducati speak for FI choke I suppose) to hold the revs around 1400-1500 until the engine warms allowing "5 Mins" to warm. I let the temp get to around 25C - 30C (enough time for a lung torpedo) before moving off and dont go mad until its up to proper temp.

My bike is a 2003 air cooled Ducati