warming up your bike

[dransy]

well i have to keep my bike outside on a night as i have no shed or garage
on a morning it takes like 10-15 mins to warm up my rs 125 , is this because its just a little 125 2stroke? or are other bikes like this
imagine in winter im going to be waiting ages n ages for it to warm it
its more or less summer n i gotta wait like 10-15 mins lol
how long does it take you all to warm up your girly

[quik_d]

i acually don't warm my bike up much, minute to a couple mins, but then i go easy for first couple miles before i open her up at al. My bike starts and idles straight away without choke rain or shine tho
quik
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[dransy]

if i set of without it warming up enough it likes to cut out and not start again lol
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[Going2fast]

I warm mine up for around 5mins, and its usually still not warm. Just take it easy for a mile or 2 then i let rip
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[epz]

small highly tuned engines need a lot more care, my sv650 needed about 10 seconds of choke and my tl1000s needs none.

15 minutes sounds like a lot of time though even my bandit 400 only needed a minute or so, if it bothers you and you have a full licence im sure you can upgrade to a bigger bike and avoid the prob

[dansuresh]

I just start the engine wth choke on before i put all my gear on.

After i put my gear on the temp is around 37..i just get on and turn the choke of abt half a mile down the road and keep the revs under 6000 before the engine is up to temp.

Seems to work fine so far!

Dan

[Minky_monkey]

I always warm up my RS before going anywhere, they're self destructive little things at the best of times!

From cold to 55 usually takes about 4-5 minutes with a couple of blips of the throttle. Even after that I'll ride it gently at first.

[numark1]

2t needs to be warmed up properly or it can wreck the engine. 4t bikes do not need much warming up although i tend not to ride that fast when its a cold engine.

[dransy]

i warm it up to about 65 cos thats where it stays at but i know when i set of and theres that icey wind at 6:15 it will drop and it drops to like 55 and i cant rev it on a morning cos it will wake my mum and sisters up and my neighbours lol
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[mrchips]

About 1 minute probably, just till it can pull away without chugging then don't get her lit for 5 minutes.
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[Nath]

There's been a few threads on this. It takes over 15minutes for any bike to be fully warmed up.

I ride my bike away as soon as i've started it and if it's warm enough I will start it without the choke(mostly requires a little bit of throttle though). If not, i'll turn the choke off as soon as i'm moving. Kickstart put forward a pretty good argument why it's not good for your bike to leave it idling with the choke on: The extra petrol washes the oil away from the cylinder meaning more metal-on-metal contact
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[dransy]

i leave the choke on for about 40 seconds maybe then knock it completely off and i keep hold of the throttle so its at about 2.5thousand rpm otherwise it just cuts out till its warm enough
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