warm up process
You know that State Farm commercial where the blonde chick says they cant put it on the internet if it isn't true, think about it.
"i heard that letting the bike warm for more than a minute or so will harm the engine do to the low oil pressure at idle"
Dumbest thing I have heard in a while
"i heard that letting the bike warm for more than a minute or so will harm the engine do to the low oil pressure at idle"
Dumbest thing I have heard in a while
OMG!! Not TRUE?? Man I'm screwed! I just gave ALL my banking info to somebody in Nigeria, said all he needed was my info to get $1 millon dollars out of the country, said he would transfer it to my account. Should show up any day now. I believed him! I read it on the internet!!
LoL Ride safe all of you guys that can still ride this time of year...yeah Winter sucks!!
Road Warrior
Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Vancouver Island, British Columbia
A few of us were talking at our coffee meeting the other day and one asked me if I roll my bike out of the garage periodically and warm it up? I said it's had Sta-Bil run through it and it's on the tender, that's all it needs while stored. They said you should warm it up to operating temp every week or so. Should I be warming her up and then sticking it back in a cold garage, (up in Canada it's cold). Seems pointless to me.
Road Captain
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 531
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From: Chile Flats, AZ
Warm-up... Or?
I warm up until I can feel warmth beneath the head which tells me the oil is warm, circulating, and she's ready to go...
Cruiser
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 211
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From: Pennsylvania
In my neighborhood I can't let it idle for a long period of time...........I fire it up, sit there for about 30sec. and then let it coast down a small hill to the main road. I take it easy with the rpms for about 1/2 mile, then I ease into my riding. I don't get on it, twist the wick and and blast down the road.
Road Captain
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 560
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From: Green Bay, WI
Running the bike like that does NOT get the entire bike to normal temps like riding it. Moisture does build up in the crankcase, etc. All the byproducts of combustion won't burn out like they normally do when riding.
I also had a couple of HD techs (who I do trust) verify this when they saw my article in the newsletter.
Tourer
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 319
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From: Texas
I kinda cringe an shake my head when i see some dummy hop on his scooter fire it up dump it in gear and take off haulin *** .....its his money but i respect the equipment more than your average joe cuz im a machinist/mechanic .I work in the nuclear power industry the emergency generators on the reactor coolant pumps are required to go from zero to full bore in less than 30 sec and they have heaters that keep the oil hot and we still lose one from time to time.
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 2,664
Likes: 184
From: Indiana, USA
I like to let everything warm up together so start it upand as soon as it will pull off, take it easy until she is upto temp
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While assessing the the performance of the FCS, I have observed from a cold start up that it takes about 5-7 minutes for EFI to transition out of the high idle/enrichment mode, this is a ET based function that occurs at roughly 180F at the front head sensor, so this is what I call "warmed up". However, at this point the oil is no way near warm, but thats a whole nuther topic that I aint touchin'.
TedMan