how long do you warm yours up

[c stillythemanwivno]

oh wise ones of the web how long should u warm up for a first start of the day after a cold night , how important is it to do it will it damage the engine if i dont do it becaues i have not been doing it
well for very long any way

[YEN_POWELL]

I start it up (usually with no choke unless absolutely necessary) and ride off straight away, gently of course. Don't go over 65 for the first few miles (I ride straight off my estand onto a dual cariageway).

[africatijn]

Same here.

Choke, start, ride away. Don't go over 4k rpm for the first 10 minutes. It's the high revs that can kill a cold engine.

Cheers,
T.

[robelst]

That's what I do too, so: choke on (mine will definitely not start without when cold, if it does it usually means the choke cable needs attention again), start, give it a few seconds, choke back almost entirely, ride away gently, choke back in. Then depending on the weather I leave it under 4000-4500 rpm for a while, you can sort of feel whether the bike is happy to accept more or not.

Never leave your bike idling on the choke for any more than half a minute or so, it will just foul the plugs and make the total warming-up time even longer.

[tedmagnum]

You should warm up the bike until the temp guage moves off Zero. You shouldn't rev it atall until then in order to give the oil time to warm up and move around.

The guy up the road from me makes me cringe. He has a BRAND new gsxr1000, not even broken in. He wheels her out on a sunday morning, starts up on the choke, gives it a fist full, pulls the choke it and screems down the road 3 seconds later. I feel sorry for the next owner of that machine

[robelst]

You should warm up the bike until the temp guage moves off Zero. You shouldn't rev it atall until then in order to give the oil time to warm up and move around.

There are not enough hours in a day to wait that long
(or maybe my temp-gauge is untypically slow...?)
While the bike is idling, the spark plugs are collecting deposits and the engine is running unstressed, meaning it gets really hot at certain spots and remains almost cold at others: You will need an extra few miles later on to balance all that out again. I really feel riding (almost) straight away is the "least damaging", but of course not in the way your gixxer neighbour does

[Simon]

I'm now worried about my @ as i have only to go 4.5 miles to work which takes 10 min exactly, so really my @ isn't getting time to warm up!

[robelst]

I'm now worried about my @ as i have only to go 4.5 miles to work which takes 10 min exactly, so really my @ isn't getting time to warm up!

You clearly need an other job, or move house
Or simply don't worry about it

[Whealie]

I'm now worried about my @ as i have only to go 4.5 miles to work which takes 10 min exactly, so really my @ isn't getting time to warm up!

How late do you get up in the morning? The advice was not to hammer it over 65mph while warming up. That still gets you to work in five minutes. Come home the long way round and enjoy it more.
Whealie

[YEN_POWELL]

You should warm up the bike until the temp guage moves off Zero. You shouldn't rev it atall until then in order to give the oil time to warm up and move around.

Oh my god, I've been doin it wrong and my engine will be knackered soon.