Here is a question for you seasoned riders, How long should I let my 600 warm up before ridding.

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I'll just let it sit until the temp kicks in then I am off. Usually around 114 or so. Just treat it like a car, you want the oil to warm up and flow through the engine before you really start running hard.


jontflesh

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3-4 minutes

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Thats what I have been doing but the dealer said I should wait till it hits 150!!

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Big600:
Thats what I have been doing but the dealer said I should wait till it hits 150!!

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You can but like I said you don't want to run hard for a few minutes. Usually by the time I get all geared up the bike is around 160 anyway lol.


jontflesh

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Dealers are bitches, they didn't make the bike, they just sell them and pretend to fix them. Like Flshy said, I wait for a number to pop up on the digi-gauge then I'm off. If the numbers are already there when you start it. Give it 30 seconds to get oil flowing through it's veins and hit the road.

If anyone wants to get factual, the owner's manual specifically states, to turn the fast idle up to 2-3 KRPMS for 30 seconds. Then it's awaaaaaaayyyyyy you go. I think that is just for when it's cold. If it's already warm, just fire it up and snap the clutch out at 9KRPMS. That will get the oil flowing.

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it's not the coolant temperature you should be worried about, it's oil temperature. it takes a few miles of riding to fully warm up the oil to operating temperature, so you should take it easy for those first few miles just to be on the safe side.


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I usually just go out and start it up. Then I go back in the house and grab all my gear and get it on. By the time I get back out the bike is good to go.

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I start it up, then put on my helmet and gloves and roll it into the street, all in all about 3-4 minutes.



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I just warm up for 30 secs. (like the manual says to do) then ride of easy at first. Be carefull - do not let the bike idle too long. The acids will build up and eat away at the cylinder walls if you idle too long.

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I wait till temp comes up (40 deg celcius) then ride easy for 1st 5-10mins, letting everything warmup

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by CrnrBrat:
I usually just go out and start it up. Then I go back in the house and grab all my gear and get it on.
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So, does that mean you go out naked? I want to ride with you. My bike doesn't move till it reaches at least 130.


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Please help me find my mind. I seem to have lost it.

I usually wait until my bike is over 100F, then take it easy until 150 or so.

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This is for a carbureted bike -- FI systems might be different. I put the choke on about halfway (or fully if it's cold out, say in the 30s), start it, let it idle below 3,000 while I check to be sure the turn signals, brake lamps, horn and low/high beams are working. About then (20 seconds or so), the revs go up. I cut the choke and ride off, taking it easy on the bike for the first few miles.

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I do the same on my FI bike.
Kick the fast idle lever until over 100.
Then, when the idle rolls up by itself after getting warm, I back out the fast idle and take off.

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As stated before, make sure the oil temp is up before you thrash it. In my case the oil temp rises intantly to about 1000 degrees!! http://www.gixxer.com/ubb/images/icons/grin.gif http://www.gixxer.com/ubb/images/icons/grin.gif

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jon T:
I just warm up for 30 secs. (like the manual says to do) then ride of easy at first. Be carefull - do not let the bike idle too long. The acids will build up and eat away at the cylinder walls if you idle too long.

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how long is too long?



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Well if i was doing 70 on 1 wheel, should that be considered 35?

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Gixxer-freak:
Originally posted by Jon T:
I just warm up for 30 secs. (like the manual says to do) then ride of easy at first. Be carefull - do not let the bike idle too long. The acids will build up and eat away at the cylinder walls if you idle too long.

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how long is too long?



I wouldn't take a chance with it, so I'd say 1 minute or more is too long. If you take longer than that to do whatever, stop the engine and finish what you need to do. I always suit up first, then start the bike so that I can ride off as soon as she's ready. Mind you, that's just at idle. If you're keeping the revs at the recommended 2000-3000 rpm during warm up then things should be fine.

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Jon T, you're smoking crack, a minute of idling won't do shit to your bike, several minutes of idling isn't good, but only if you do it regularly.

I do the same as a few others, use the choke to keep the revs around 2500-3000 while I zip my jacket up and put my lid on, then I'm good to go, choke off (huh-huh, he chokes off) taking it easy for the first couple of miles to get the oil and tyres up to some kind of temperature.

One of my buddies used to have a Honda NS250 (2 stroke), and he'd kick it over, and thrash the balls off it straight away. It wasn't long before he had to buy new barrels http://www.gixxer.com/ubb/images/icons/rolleyes.gif

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I'm the same as Drizzit, wait till 40 - 50c then head off and go easy BUT if you need to bail in a hurry, just keep really low revs till she's ready.

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by NotoriousREV:
Jon T, you're smoking crack, a minute of idling won't do shit to your bike, several minutes of idling isn't good, but only if you do it regularly.


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That's why I said just to be safe. I also said that if you are keeping the revs at the recommended 2,000-3,000 rpm during warm up (as you and others do, as well as myself) then things should be fine. The only thing I'm smokin' is my tires! http://www.gixxer.com/ubb/images/icons/smile.gif

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I usualy let the temp hit atleast 100F before I try to ride. I ride it easy for a few miles before I open it up.

It takes a while for the oil to come up to temp. You would be amazed how long it takes.

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CrnrBrat:
"I usually just go out and start it up. Then I go back in the house and grab all my gear and get it on. By the time I get back out the bike is good to go."

As we've seen on this board lately, in certain parts, by that time, IT'S ALREADY GONE!!

Big600:
I'll usually wait until 95-100 degrees, then ride mellow for a while.

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I start my bike while i am taking off all my locks, putting on my helmet, gloves, and zipping up. It's over 100 degrees by then. First few miles i ride easy... then it's off to the races!

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i normally wait for a min. or two than take it east at first.

i'll start my bike outside after having it sit in the garage all night walk back and close the garage door put my left glove on then put the helmet on then the right glove hop on the bike and go(110-120 degrees) then i keep it under 5,500-6,000 rpm untill 160-165 (about 4 miles for me) hope that helps...

i guess the general rule of thumb I always use is to let it warm up until the idle settles into the normal idle range.

Here is a question for you seasoned riders, How long should I let my 600 warm up before ridding.

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100 degrees then you can warm the tire up for 15 mins. Youll be good for full bore riding then.

as long as you take it easy on the gas. you can leave when you crank it. once it gets to about 140 let it rip

I just up the choke to 2,500RPM for 30 seconds and go. (After I take the choke off, of course.)

180 for me..then not over 5k for 5 mins of riding.

When I bought mine they told me to let it sit until the temp hit about 110 to 115

I'll start it up, light a ciggy, smoke half of it cuz i'm anxious to ride, toss in a stick of wrigleys, put on my helmet and gloves and away i go. It takes 3-5 minutes to get from my neighborhood to where i can get on the throttle hard, so it's always that long until i do. I'd wait that long anyways though to make sure the oil was nice and turned on, i mean warmed up.

i'll start my bike outside after having it sit in the garage all night walk back and close the garage door put my left glove on then put the helmet on then the right glove hop on the bike and go(110-120 degrees) then i keep it under 5,500-6,000 rpm untill 160-165 (about 4 miles for me) hope that helps...

Sounds like that's exactly what I do. :punk

i pull my bike out out the garage, start her up, go in the house, grab my gears, put all of it on, go back outside, the bike should be close to 110 degree, sit till it gets up to 120 degree.. then ride off slow.. do some figure 8's to warm up tires.. then off to the twisties..

Figure 8's or zig zag's? :scratch

zig zags i mean.. to round the tires out..lol whoops

That's what I figured. :lol

i say 3 hrs 36 mins and 53 secs from the time you start it up.

i wait until i get up to about 150ish... normaly about 5 minutes...

well to be honest, i would say 2 minutes ,40 seconds, 30 miliseconds, 20 microseconds,10 nanoseconds, and 1 picosecond...

see if that helps:lol:lol:lol

my mech said to wait until about 110-115 and that guy has enough certifications to stretch from here to china!lol

i wait till about 100

Here is a question for you seasoned riders, How long should I let my 600 warm up before ridding.

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until it is warm

I usually just go out and start it up. Then I go back in the house and grab all my gear and get it on. By the time I get back out the bike is good to go.

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Where do you live? So I can keep a eye on it for you.:wacko

i let my bike get to 100 then i keep the RPMs low until its been ridden for a few miles. the tires need to get warm before you really hop into the throttle.

I usually wait until the idle settles down. This is usually when my temp. gauge hits 90 degrees. While its warming up I use that time to put on my helmet and gloves. I take it easy when I first start off just to allow more circulation but thats about it.

I let mine idle warm to 120 before I put it in gear and from there I dont exceed 3500 rpm until 160. Edit I would never allow a bike to run on the side stand, always upright whenever possible.

When the headers glow orange its ready to roll!

Hiya anyone know how to set the time on the gsx r1000 k1 ? Hawk from South Africa

hawk222, timing has been taken away from you since 1999. There is nothing to adjust. What is wrong you needing to be better than the engineers in that fixed crank window does that computer set the timing and the degree when. YOu try to move it, it will code back to a running range. Leave it alone!
OR, go mess with it all you want... I haven't a clue where to set it if I know it codes back to a running spec to limp home. WElcome to the computer bike!

Once I ear the engine run I take off before the oil light even goes out. Bye the time I release the clutch and move, the oil has suspended the parts to where they are not going to score on each other.

So I ride in first gear and set it at 2.5rpm in the sustain. Ear I am with wheel to engine moving. Others tend to waste gas, sit there and the oil is still cold. The water is just starting to warm.

WOT you do not want to do is spin the heat to the piston skirts. Now you are at the hottest spot of the engine. Everything else is moving heat away to transfer to more oil, more water, more metals hitting the atmosphere.

You on the WOT with that skirt growing in heat faster than the cylinder and there is your score to cold to hot warm-up. Because if you just keep moving slow and everything can grow in proportion, you can begin to save a lot of time sitting there wasting hours on your bike at warm-up rather than hop on and go.

Just day my 2 extra cents worth of mist tee eyes sitting over a rich exhaust pulling up glove and choke lever ate day same time.

Hiya anyone know how to set the time on the gsx r1000 k1 ? Hawk from South Africa

Push the adjust and select buttons simultaneously until the hour blinks then adjust the hour by pressing the adjust button. Then push the select button to highlight the minute display then use the adjust button to set the minutes. Press the select button to resume clock mode.

Press the select button to resume clock mode.

I am so overloaded on the ramp up the EC U see me in jail inside that little box no windows is that ECU driving me nuts!

:lol:scratch:banghead:lol:

WATTime you got anyway? :dunno

Start it up with choke on if cold(sitting for more than two hours). Wait a minute and ride.
The oil does not start to heat until it has circulated through the engine. If you are at idle, that could take a while. The water temp will come up before the oil, naturally.
Any engine is going to sustain most of its wear during startup anyway(no oil flow).
There have been thousands of studies on engine wear done over the years, so do some research and form your own startup procedure. BTW, there is not a certain temperature that can be deemed "safe" to start riding.

I let mine warm up till it gets to a 100 or above.

well to be honest, i would say 2 minutes ,40 seconds, 30 miliseconds, 20 microseconds,10 nanoseconds, and 1 picosecond...

see if that helps:lol:lol:lol


I am not certs taste fried dry mouf is me and a test sheet. Sheet is me going one on one wit data certifryed fool me. I'll fool around wit that cat tear pill her.

Yeah, I have his qualify ing question about all that know how the engine and FI be working and in my travels have yet to find someone reading that FSM on the money is that step to the music is my ear ring.

I've modified my warm-up mode... Being eyes skipped on your first read like you read me...

Wit data said, I am now leaving on day Pea Co. Just data second is all I need be taking off you bee late for workeys. Snot me! Eyes on PeeCoSec... Bozz, use late! :flipoff :wacko

When I bought my 600 in 04 the salesman told me to warm it 140F before jumping on it. ride it slowly until then.

i have a 95 GSX-R 750 so my bike dosnt have a digital display or anything so how do i know when my bikes warmed up when there are no numbers next to the temp gauge?

I like mine to get to 100º. Its usually pretty close by the time I start it up and get my gear all on.

WARM UP?????:scratch


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When I bought my 600 in 04 the salesman told me to warm it 140F before jumping on it. ride it slowly until then.

140 is a little excessive, if I'm in a hurry I'll jump on when it reaches 80 or 90 but don't give it hardly any gas till it's warmed up to 150-160
usually i wait till 100-110, but again, don't give it any more than like 1/8 twist of the throttle or take it over 6-7K rpm's till it's fully warmed up

i have a 95 GSX-R 750 so my bike dosnt have a digital display or anything so how do i know when my bikes warmed up when there are no numbers next to the temp gauge?

just start her up and let it idle for a few minutes, 4-5 or so. feel the engine block and make sure there's at least a little heat in it

i let mine warm up to 130. If im in a rush then at least 100. Then start to run it hard at 170.

You can star riding your bike as soon as 30 seconds after you start it!! The oil goes almost instantly to the head as soon you start it!! I usually leave it running up to 2 mins before I start riding but if you have to go then go nothing will hapen.

i let it warm up until the temp is displayed and then i drive her like a baby (every gear under 4k) until about 170-180. then I let her loose

i wait till 150

Well to make sure the cylinders are nice and lubed I wait till about 120 and even then I still take it easy till about 150-160

I think really a question like this all comes down to personal preference becuase honestly the oil is light enough that once you see the bike display a temp on the display it should be well lubed. Me personally, i wouldnt crank on it untill it was atleast 110-120. but again it all comes down to personal preference. But you should be absolutly good aslong as you dont crank on it and the temp is displayed. It should display after
about 1-2 minutes

on a cold night or day let it get to 180, b/c as you drive your bike will really cool down, this time of year even though i let my bike warm up, when I ride it stays around 150

Take it easy til 150? I rode from DC to Central PA a couple days ago in high 20's low 30's and then bike not once got above 145, even tucked in at 90, for the most part it was at 135-140 degrees with the speedo at 75-80 and rpms at 7-8K. I usually just let it hit 100-110 and not get on it til 140's

hmmm tucked in at 90 is where the bike will cool down the most! you bike gets warm when idling or stop and go traffic man

For my part, I just start it, let it run for 10-20 seconds and go.
Keep it in very low rpm until it's like 120, then I let loose

I always wait until it reaches 100deg.

I wait til 100 degrees to roll out and 160 to start givin' it some love.

I don't know yet, I just got my first bike and there is white shit all over the ground.:banghead

haha this is funny...


it's all personal preference...people have their own reasons why they let it warm up to a certain temp...whether it lubes everything right or to warm the block so it performs correctly...but the troof is that unless the bike is carb'd, it's efi and as soon as you crank it over you can ride it...but just like your car you might wanna let it run through for a min...but after a min the bike should be reading a temp anyways...



you decide...

Long enough to pull the gloves on.

Take it easy til 150? I rode from DC to Central PA a couple days ago in high 20's low 30's and then bike not once got above 145, even tucked in at 90, for the most part it was at 135-140 degrees with the speedo at 75-80 and rpms at 7-8K. I usually just let it hit 100-110 and not get on it til 140's


Sounds like your thermostat is stuck open.

hopefully he's fixed this by now.

I let mine hit 160 but thats just me .

It I am in a hurry 110 but nothing over 4k. Once I hit 140 i start to bring up the RPM. About 160 it is full throttle time.

I'll let it run til atleast 115 and keep it easy for the first few miles until the temp gets up around 160+.

I start it before i put my helmet and gloves on, so after about 30sec i'm off!

I let it warm up to about 100 or so. Warm days here in Cali, it's already up to temp, I just start and go, cooler days, I give it a min or two.

i usually let it sit till about 120 then i am off. i wish i could ride but it is too fucking cold here in texas... :(

I wait till about 140 then cruise it till about 160. If I am really late and need to get going 100 but I don't get the rpm's above 4k till 160.

I let it get upto 135 here in NJ.

125 and then I hop on.

135

I work earlier in the morning plus I'm in Canada so it takes me a bit longer to warm mine up. Typicall I'll pull the manual idle up to 2000 rpms and let it run for about 45 seconds then kick it down but I won't start riding until I get the temp up to 40* Celcius (104* Farenheit). I keep the rpm's under 5,000 until the bike is at about 160* Farenheit.

I turn it on and redline the hell out of it within 2 seconds of starting it. :shifty

Holy threadbump.

If I'm riding the GSXR 1000 somewhere late night / early morning and I don't want to bother my neighbours with my bike idling until warm, I just start it up and let the high speed idle move me going.

I don't use any throttle and I stay in 1st.

When the display shows a temperature reading, then I get going but not properly until its about 45-50 degrees C

EDIT: I just saw J-C Note's post. I think we do the same.

Here dont need to warm up hahahaha its always like a 120 ( desert socal )

Best way, start the bike, get on it and ride gently until at normal operating temp, by that time the tyres, suspension and brakes would have warmed up ready for some serious riding.

Let it warm up until it revs down by itself then go slow until the tyres,brakes...ect. Are all good to go. Don't rev the shit out of it until it gets warm or hot. I would say until 150-170 degrees F.:burnout

2001 called, they want their thread back.

2001 called, they want their thread back.

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Oh wait, that wasnt actually funny. :wait

2001 called, they want their thread back.

:lmao I had no idea the thread was that old!