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Motorcycles revving when cold
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ilikethesimpsons wrote: »my 15 year old Suzuki has a choke, and is almost impossible to ride until the bike has warmed up.
Yup - older/primitive auto-chokes could be unpleasant, leaving a bike difficult and IMO sometimes even dangerous to ride until it had warmed-up a bit.0 -
silverwhistle wrote: »Italian electrics, MZ's clutches...
That about sums it-up - but on the days everything actually worked and you got a good road, few bikes could equal it.
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I loved my MotoGuzzi, but it dissolved in the rain, the electrics were made by Renault ( or Fiat more likely) and it guzzled hugely expensive oil that I had to especially order as it was some massively extended viscosity range.
Wish I'd never sold it.......I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....
(except air quality and Medical Science
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Only an idiot would rev his motorcycle when cold. Boy racers do the same with their hot hatches."A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Ride hard or stay home :iloveyou:0 -
As far as I can remember, the advice "in the old days" was to close the choke and ride off as soon as possible. Engines warm up faster under load. You're not bouncing the parts around inside the engine with cold oil, no load, and possible excess fuel in the bores by revving the whatsits off it.
I'd assume modern bikes were like cars. Press the button, and ride off straight away letting the electronics sort out cold running.
As said, sounds like the bike equivalent of "boy racers"0 -
That about sums it-up - but on the days everything actually worked and you got a good road, few bikes could equal it.
We are talking about MZs I take it? Mine was my only transport and I got bloomin' cold on it going from the Thames Valley to Southampton for the weekend to meet friends. I was no biker chick, it was just cheap transport to me, so no leathers or decent gear. Newspaper under the front of the jacket for extra insulation, even with the full fairing: if only we'd had bubble wrap in those days!:D0 -
2009 fuel injected 125cc
start from cold, put in gear, drive off at an average pace
no need to rev hard until you get down the street and theres a teenager crossing the road staring blankly into a mobile0
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