How long do you warm your engine up?
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Start her up and give it throttle busts every few seconds until I see at least one neighbor look out their window. Then I ride away making extra effort to hit high revs in front of that neighbor's house. It's all in good fun
Road Master
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From: Rijssen, the Netherlands
Not competely true. The warning light of the oil pressure is just telling you that the minimum oil pressure is reached. And this is not the 'operational oil pressure'. The oil needs to warm-up to reach all bearing and gliders, rockers and all lub points with sufficient pressure. And that sufficient pressure is not yet obtained with the oil pressure warning light just off. It takes for aircooled engines al least 30 seconds for the oil reached sufficient pressure in all the lubrication points. Liquid cooled engines requires from 1 minute (car engine) to 10-15 minutes (ships large diesel engines, even with pre-heated lub oil). And still, don't load the engine fully till the full operational temperature of the engine is obtained. ******* on the rear wheel or race starts are killiing your engine the first 2-4 minutes after firing her up.
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Road Master
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From: Clarksville, TN
Not competely true. The warning light of the oil pressure is just telling you that the minimum oil pressure is reached. And this is not the 'operational oil pressure'. The oil needs to warm-up to reach all bearing and gliders, rockers and all lub points with sufficient pressure. And that sufficient pressure is not yet obtained with the oil pressure warning light just off. It takes for aircooled engines al least 30 seconds for the oil reached sufficient pressure in all the lubrication points. Liquid cooled engines requires from 1 minute (car engine) to 10-15 minutes (ships large diesel engines, even with pre-heated lub oil). And still, don't load the engine fully till the full operational temperature of the engine is obtained. ******* on the rear wheel or race starts are killiing your engine the first 2-4 minutes after firing her up.
Road Warrior
Joined: Dec 2011
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From: Louisiana
Me, too. I generally have my gear on when I get to the bike. Get on the bike, turn it on, wait for gauges to come to life, and off I go. Same procedure for all my bikes since carb days.
Cruiser
Joined: Jul 2014
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From: Oklahoma
I roll mine back out of the barn, hit start, close the door, and ride off.
If it's bad and lack of oiling ruins the engine... I wanted to go bigger anyways!!
Wife doesn't appreciate my theory.
If it's bad and lack of oiling ruins the engine... I wanted to go bigger anyways!!
Wife doesn't appreciate my theory.
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Road Master
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Go BIG or go HOME! LOL.
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I hold the throttle wide open while cranking it. That way when it catches and fires, it builds oil pressure quicker. I read on the internet that's the best way to do it. I think it was in the tech forums.