motor warm up?
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Hey Bobby, all those views and no answers. I have a 2016 with very low kilometres. I like to start it and leave it running for about 15-30 seconds to get some oil flow through the galleries, then ride the first kilometre or so gently. A bloke at my work has had fairly high kilometre gixers and he starts up hops on and gives it too it. When they are old cheapies I suppose it doesn't matter.
Hey Bobby. For me it is something I always do. I've had my k5 gixer 750 since new and I always let it get up to around 70C (water temp) before I really load the engine or take it up over half way on the tacho. The bike is 13 years old now and still runs like a dream and it gets ridden fairly hard. Its hard to really quantify how much effect it has had on the engine but for the sake of 5 minutes when the bike is cold, its not really much of a hassle.
As far as engines are concerned 30 seconds warm up before driving/riding is plenty. After that take it easy (no thrashing) until the engine is fully warmed up.
The reason being that when cold, modern engines automatically run rich, this added fuel washes away/dilutes the oil in the cylinders causing more wear. An idling engine will take much much longer to warm up than an engine under load, and so will be running rich for longer thus having the oil washed away and ultimately causing more wear than just getting on and riding it gently straight away would cause.
The reason being that when cold, modern engines automatically run rich, this added fuel washes away/dilutes the oil in the cylinders causing more wear. An idling engine will take much much longer to warm up than an engine under load, and so will be running rich for longer thus having the oil washed away and ultimately causing more wear than just getting on and riding it gently straight away would cause.