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i tape half the rad up on mine |
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Redline it, my BROS gets up to temp pretty quickly doing that off the lights in the morning ____________________ NSR 125F > BROS 400 > NC30 > BROS 400 > Trumpet S4 > '97 VFR 750 |
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So are you now always buying the super unleaded fuel during these cold months? Or did you just fill it up once with it, then switch back to the cheaper normal unleaded?
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I will be - it was my first tank of the stuff a few days ago and it's run absolutely flawlessly since, whereas beforehand it would run like shite on cold mornings. One particularly cold day I had to go up to Taunton for work, and the 70 mile round trip ran the 22litre tank almost half dry.
You will need to keep filling up with super unleaded to see the benefits, I can't remember exactly why it works but it's much more resistant to the cold. It's also worth noting that I chucked some Silkolene FST in before I filled up, so it may be a combination of the two that's solving the problem. If one alone doesn't work, try both.
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I think you're right about the carb icing. The bike is garaged, but its a shit cold damp one. When i go into it on a morning, my bike is glistening in damp and condensation or something. I can't be doing it much good, and these foggy wet mornings aren't helping too. |
Yeah, I have to leave mine outside. It was getting caked in ice overnight so I've started covering it, which can only help. Although I did find that the bike ran fine initially (as in, for a few seconds) and then after moving off it started running badly. |
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I have never had a problem with my Fazer, even when I was setting off from home at 4.30am 2 winters ago, bike standing outside in freezing temps all day then heading on an 80mile trip back home again. I have never had to use choke, if I do use it the bike won't start and mine is not the best maintained bike in the world. I only changed the factory fitted spark plugs this year at 43000 miles, as an example of my bike maintenance and in 48000 miles it has had 3 oil changes ____________________ Enjoy everyday, tell those you love everyday you love them
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My 2-3 mile winter commuting looks like this...
- 10 minutes putting my gear on
- 15 minutes of warming up the engine (choke for 15 seconds then idle) - eating breakfast, putting gloves on, pushing bike to a driveway
- 5 minutes riding
- 10 minutes locking the bike (2 chains) and covering it
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15 minutes warming the engine up , bit drastic if you ask me lol.
mine gets a roll to the end of the road(100m ish) and maybe a minute at the end as the neighbours have all complained about the noise of me leaving it running outside while i gear up
dont know if its just me but my bike loves the cold, it feels loads better to ride, much more responsive on the throttle.
the colder the better as far as mines concerned. ____________________ 04 NSR 125(sold) ---- 03 CBR 600rr(sold) ----90 pan euro ST1100 '' ----02 CG 125
94 CB400 Super Four ---- 2000 VTR SP1 (sold) ---- 08 ninja p8f(sold, meh) ----05 CBR600rr |
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as long as mine doesnt cut out whilst its idiling my bike is loving the ultimate BP petrol and cold air.
everyone will says its carb iceing because bikes and cars can be prone to it in this weather...
next time it feels funny, leave it for 5 mins then set off, if the problems worse its you useing your choke wrong, if it gets better its carb iceing. ____________________ follow my racing season
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Aye my ZX6, I dont really go over 6k unless i have 3 bars on my temp guage, and in this weather is seems to take twice as long to hit that...
Why is it whenever i get a tailgater its always when i have cold tyres and a cold engine... Motherfucker cant you see the crazy amount of smoke coming from my exhaust, back off... ____________________ [Current Bikes - GSXR-750 K5 & C90-97 ] [Previous Bikes: Runner 125, YBR 125, GS500, Bandit 600, Hornet 600, ZX6R-99, C90-99, R1-99, XT600E-04, GSXR-750 K4, CRF250L '16] |
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Gotta give full credit to Honda - another CBR600f here that starts first time in this weather and doesn't even splutter as the automatic choke does its business
Just gotta be careful though as it tends to idle around 3.5krpm when its still warming up... which is like 18mph in first gear... You tend to shoot off rather rapidly XD ____________________ Current bikes - 2001 CBR600F, 2007 CBR1000RR Fireblade
Previous bikes - '05 CG125, '97 CB500, '06 CBF600S, '04 ZX-6R, '07 Ducati 749 |
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i am having trouble until my bike reaches 65 celcius. when i first had my bike 55 celcius was okay in cold like this. in the summer i have no problems. i went to a garage who said he couldn't put anti freeze because he was clsoing up but he also advised me not to get it done. the bike is 3 and a half years old now. any ideas? or is it just normal? ____________________ Hit the G spot. |
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My bike runs okay in the winter average temp 80-87 fazer 1000 though it is new'ish so no carb icing for me.I will say this my 92 NSR125 used to go high on the rev's and then low then high while hardly any power to move it forward and it was jerky too but only on certain days in the winter.Then I used FST pro in the tank and never had a problem after that you only need to used it while in winter which is just as well as it is expensive just to put it in your tank. ____________________ NSR125 1992 (sold) kawasaki Z750S,fazer FZ1 07 now gone present bike 2012 fz1s Fazer,beowulf rad protector,heated grips,sw motech gps holder,power socket. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 15 years, 174 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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