How long do you let your bike warm up before you go on a ride? I let mine warm up to 2 bars!
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Created on: 12/18/12 11:12 PM
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RE: How long do you let your bike warm up?
12/18/12 11:35 PM
I simply start the bike and wait until it slows the idle, then take it easy for the first block or two (ZX14R)
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RE: How long do you let your bike warm up?
12/19/12 12:11 AM
I simply start the bike and wait until it slows the idle, then take it easy for the first block or two (ZX14R)me too !
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RE: How long do you let your bike warm up?
12/19/12 6:27 AM
Same here. As soon as the fast idle drops, I'm off. Of course, I don't hammer it until it's good and warmed up (as am I).
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RE: How long do you let your bike warm up?
12/19/12 9:07 AM
Start. Go. It takes me about 4 minutes to get out of the neighborhood so I am running it at idle or just barely above idle for the first 4 minutes with no load on the engine as it is slightly down hill all the way.
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RE: How long do you let your bike warm up?
12/19/12 9:19 AM
Same here. As soon as the fast idle drops, I'm off. Of course, I don't hammer it until it's good and warmed up
ditto!
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RE: How long do you let your bike warm up?
12/19/12 1:20 PM
Start it up, then gear up. Usually 5 minutes. To get out of my neighborhood in the morning I gotta be on it so I give it a little more time to warm up.
Same here.. 
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RE: How long do you let your bike warm up?
12/19/12 1:45 PM
I let mine warm up to 2 bars!
That is how much I warm mine up and in the cooler weather, it isn't going to get a lot warmer real quick. I prefer to let it heat to 3 bars but that is more common in summer.
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RE: How long do you let your bike warm up?
12/19/12 9:15 PM
On colder mornings, I let the high-idle settle and then limit RPM's to around 3K for the first 4 or 5 miles.
Typical afternoon after work I wait for the idle to settle and still keep it around 3-4K for at least a few miles.
No harder acceleration for a good 10 minutes. I like the oil flowing like it should.
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RE: How long do you let your bike warm up?
12/19/12 9:41 PM
I don't ride below 50 degrees.Start the bike let it do it's own thing.2000 cold idle and let it come down to 1000 warm idle.Then I put my helmet jacket and gloves on.By then I'm ready do go.
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RE: How long do you let your bike warm up?
12/19/12 11:46 PM
That could explain why mine is burning oil. I'm always running late and the 14 is my time machine. Most of the time, I have got helmet, jacket and gloves on prior to exiting the apartment. I start it and I'm gone. The Interstate is one minute from the house if I use the "gas station" short cut, from there it's 8-9000 rpm all the way to work. The trip suppose to be 11 min long.My Diablo Super Biker tells me I do it in 4m55s with a max lean angle of 32 degrees. I can usually hear the cam chain rattle pretty good when I arrive at work. Need to work on being punctual. lol
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RE: How long do you let your bike warm up?
12/21/12 11:25 PM
That could explain why mine is burning oil. I'm always running late and the 14 is my time machine. Most of the time, I have got helmet, jacket and gloves on prior to exiting the apartment. I start it and I'm gone. The Interstate is one minute from the house if I use the "gas station" short cut, from there it's 8-9000 rpm all the way to work. The trip suppose to be 11 min long.My Diablo Super Biker tells me I do it in 4m55s with a max lean angle of 32 degrees. I can usually hear the cam chain rattle pretty good when I arrive at work. Need to work on being punctual. lolThis is exactly why I asked this question!!!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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RE: How long do you let your bike warm up?
12/22/12 8:58 AM
mmmmm-? I use some oil and I don't think I took off on the 14 without warming up 'til off slow idle more than 2-3 times in the 14's life.
I suppose if you run the motor cold, the rings may fit the cylinders looser. That would cause some oil to slip by and burn.
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RE: How long do you let your bike warm up?
12/22/12 11:38 PM
mmmmm-? I use some oil and I don't think I took off on the 14 without warming up 'til off slow idle more than 2-3 times in the 14's life.I’d like to see if dragking’s oil consumption is reduced if he lets his bike warm up like the rest of us or if the damage is already done?I suppose if you run the motor cold, the rings may fit the cylinders looser. That would cause some oil to slip by and burn.
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RE: How long do you let your bike warm up?
12/23/12 1:07 AM
LOL I will give it a try.
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RE: How long do you let your bike warm up?
12/24/12 10:44 AM
We don't allow much warm up time at all. We start the bike up in the pits and drive it slowly to the staging lanes and cut it back off and wait for them to call the bikes to race. It probably runs for a couple of minutes tops during this time. Then when they actually start directing the bikes to the burnout box we start it up again and it runs for another couple of minutes before doing the burnout. We've got the modded ZX12 tensioner so no more silly cam chain clatter for us. The bike just seems to run a tad better when the engine temp is cooler vs 4-5 bars on the gauge.
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