Evo warm up
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Road Master
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Evo warm up
Coming from efi bikes back to a carb evo I'm wondering if leaving it idling with the choke out until it has warmed up will foul the plugs? It seems pretty cold blooded but runs like a top when it get warmed up.
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It doesn't hurt mine. Sometimes I'll fire it off and turn off the choke then give a little throttle lock to hold it just above idle to warm up.
I guess I should add....my warm up last only as long as it takes to put my gear on. I usually take it easy the first mile or two when it's a cold start.
I guess I should add....my warm up last only as long as it takes to put my gear on. I usually take it easy the first mile or two when it's a cold start.
Last edited by tas_todd; Jun 22, 2016 at 11:00 AM.
On mine, I only pull the choke if it's relatively cold out (like maybe below 60 degrees or so). Otherwise, it doesn't need it.
When you do use the choke, I think it's best to push it back in pretty much as soon as the bike starts. Use the throttle lock to keep the idle up if necessary.
From a cold start, let it warm up enough to where you start feeling the cylinders heat up before you get on it.
JMHO, YMMV, etc, etc, etc.
When you do use the choke, I think it's best to push it back in pretty much as soon as the bike starts. Use the throttle lock to keep the idle up if necessary.
From a cold start, let it warm up enough to where you start feeling the cylinders heat up before you get on it.
JMHO, YMMV, etc, etc, etc.
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On mine, I only pull the choke if it's relatively cold out (like maybe below 60 degrees or so). Otherwise, it doesn't need it.
When you do use the choke, I think it's best to push it back in pretty much as soon as the bike starts. Use the throttle lock to keep the idle up if necessary.
From a cold start, let it warm up enough to where you start feeling the cylinders heat up before you get on it.
JMHO, YMMV, etc, etc, etc.
When you do use the choke, I think it's best to push it back in pretty much as soon as the bike starts. Use the throttle lock to keep the idle up if necessary.
From a cold start, let it warm up enough to where you start feeling the cylinders heat up before you get on it.
JMHO, YMMV, etc, etc, etc.
Tourer
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From: New Scotland, Canada
Mine is cold blooded as hell too and my current setup doesn't have a throttle lock. Maybe when I do the bar upgrade I'll replace that. But it definitely won't start first thing in the morning without the choke pulled out.
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Warm up?! Good grief. I've owned my 1990 Glide from new and just start it up, put my gloves on, perhaps ease the choke off a little, then ride off, taking it easy for a short while. It might cough or hesitate a little, but soon clears it's throat and is away. Don't wrap the darned things up in cotton wool!
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Like 0maha says, my '91 requires full enrichener on Winter mornings. Then I only use it to get started, and set the throttle-lock to warm up. The only experience I have of having the enrichener on for a long period of time fouled the plugs. That happened early in my ownership and now I only use the 'choke' (if you will) when the bike won't fire otherwise.
Alan
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Last edited by AlanStansbery; Jun 21, 2016 at 06:48 PM.
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97 FLHT Pull the choke all the way out, fire it up, count to 30 choke off, find a position with the throttle it will stay running, set the throttle lock.
2-5 min according to temps.
WP
2-5 min according to temps.
WP
