Warm Up Time?
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Jeez, you guys are making love to the thing! It's just a motorcycle!
Unless it's 12° outside and it's been sitting all night, just start it, idle for long enough to put it in gear, then go. Ride it gently for a couple of miles so that the oil is circulating properly, then you can get on it a bit.
OK, my 2007 Road King only has a bit over 30K miles on it, but it runs better today than ever and doesn't use any oil. I have tons more miles on BMWs than on the H-D and treat them the same way. No oil consumption and they are in fine condition.
Unless it's 12° outside and it's been sitting all night, just start it, idle for long enough to put it in gear, then go. Ride it gently for a couple of miles so that the oil is circulating properly, then you can get on it a bit.
OK, my 2007 Road King only has a bit over 30K miles on it, but it runs better today than ever and doesn't use any oil. I have tons more miles on BMWs than on the H-D and treat them the same way. No oil consumption and they are in fine condition.
I've never got on it and fired it up and hit it hard. Usually it runs or about a min then I'm off but slow for the first few miles.
You guys have great info. I'll start in N and gear up an select music. Likely a few mins so I'm good.
Thanks much!!!
You guys have great info. I'll start in N and gear up an select music. Likely a few mins so I'm good.
Thanks much!!!
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From: N.E. Wisconsin
[quote=cookiemech;9560497]Jeez, you guys are making love to the thing! It's just a motorcycle!
They are just like any woman....Ya gotta warm them up before ya get on it, a little more if she's High Performance....lol.
They are just like any woman....Ya gotta warm them up before ya get on it, a little more if she's High Performance....lol.
40 degrees this AM in PA. I started up in N and geared up. Took about 5 mins. Thats getting all loaded up with tour pack for work
jacket/gloves/helmet/mound iPod and get music going. Backed up and pulled out. WOW, difference
bike was warm
and it shifted like glass and ran great. First few miles I still took it easy but I could tell the bike was happy.
THANKS everyone!
THANKS everyone!
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