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Motorcycles revving when cold
Just wondering if we have any motorcyclists here and if they could explain why some/ most/ all start their bikes and then rev them hard/ high?
My reason for asking is that I have 3-4 neighbours with them and most of them tend to start their bikes then rev them for 2-3 minutes before riding them.
Is it not bad for the bike? does it not cause damage?
This is not a complaint, just curious!
My reason for asking is that I have 3-4 neighbours with them and most of them tend to start their bikes then rev them for 2-3 minutes before riding them.
Is it not bad for the bike? does it not cause damage?
This is not a complaint, just curious!
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Sounds fishy to me but, as a non biker, not really my plaice to say.0
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Just wondering if we have any motorcyclists here and if they could explain why some/ most/ all start their bikes and then rev them hard/ high?
My reason for asking is that I have 3-4 neighbours with them and most of them tend to start their bikes then rev them for 2-3 minutes before riding them.
Is it not bad for the bike? does it not cause damage?
This is not a complaint, just curious!
Do you live by the sea?0 -
OK OK you lot! Stop fishing for stuff. I feel orcward now.I dolphinately need to edit the title. OMC.'Just because its on the internet don't believe it 100%'. Abraham Lincoln.
I have opinions, you have opinions. All of our opinions are valid whether they are based on fact or feeling. Respect other peoples opinions, stop forcing your opinions on other people and the world will be a happier place.0 -
Its to get the engine warmed-up without stalling/lumpy running.
Or at least it was with old air-cooled bikes - Modern liquid cooled engines need far less by way of warm-up time before the bike is basically ridable and I'm surprised a rider of one of those couldn't be on their way with the minimum of disruption. Maybe some two stroke machines - IME they were always particularly lumpy runners on starting.0 -
Could be that they are slightly older bikes, my 15 year old Suzuki has a choke, and is almost impossible to ride until the bike has warmed up.
Could be air cooled, need to get a bit of heat in it before moving off.
Could be that they are old school bikers, we were always taught to warm bikes up before riding, mainly for the reasons I give above, there is no need with modern bikes, with electrics, and fuel injection, but some are stuck in there ways.0 -
I never used to warm bikes up and never had a problem. If its only a minute or two are they being run while garage doors are being locked and gloves and helmets are being put on?
Years ago I remember reading that revving an unloaded engine causes more wear or damage than when under load.0 -
Norman_Castle wrote: »If its only a minute or two are they being run while garage doors are being locked
If you tried that here you wouldn't need to put on your helmet or gloves as you would be walking to work :rotfl:
I ride off as soon as the oil light goes out, but I do live on a hill and I always go down it. I'm not wasting petrol running the engine when I'm not moving
I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....
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To warm them up and get them off fast idle quicker.0
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If you tried that here you wouldn't need to put on your helmet or gloves as you would be walking to work :rotfl:
As an old Ducati rider, back in the day, I got well used to pushing my machine some distance away from wherever I spent the night, before turning it over. There was no way you could make a discrete getaway on that thing.
OK, I got used to pushing it everywhere - but that's got more to do with Italian electrics of the era but that's a number of other stories. 0 -
Italian electrics, MZ's clutches...0
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