Re: [ST] Re: Warming up an engine

[Tom Emberson <ate_st@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Not to belabor the discussion, what I forgot to add is simply that I
think a large number of people follow the same proceedure to a certain
extent. Well except for a couple of the squids I have seen a the
Saterday night squid fest. On gentlemen who has a Honda product will rev
the engine at about 9,000 rpm to get the engine up to temperature. The
again adds to the notion that I would not want to purcahse a used sport
bike. But I think we can agree that if putting on your gear includes
brushing your teath, that your letting it stand still too long.

How about the notion that letting an engine idle too long also damges
the engine?? Promote carbon build up? Do hot spots form in the engine
due to lower and warmer coolant? As we all know, most engines are the
dirtiest at idle. 

In the owners manual of my car, there is a note, in relatively bold
print, that advises that waiting for the car to warm up is
not required, turn the key and go.

For those who care, I wish that NA would adopt the extra yellow that
many Euopean contries do. IIRC the yellow light will turn on again about
5 seconds before the light will turn green, thus allowing you to turn
off you engine at a longer light, then restart just before it turns
green. Of course far too many people would see the green and speed
up in stead of noticing that it was a stale red light.

Tom

On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Tom Emberson wrote:

> On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Rick & Joyce wrote:
> 
> > In Andy's routine below, I might hold off starting the engine
> > until step 4.
> > >
> > > I go through the following routine when starting up the RS:
> > >
> > > 1. Open garage and unchain RS
> > > 2. Wheel RS out of garage and start it, whilst parking on side
> > stand
> > > 3. Put on earplugs, helmet, gloves
> > > 4. Quick visual check of RS (tyres, chain etc.)
> > > 5. Close and lock garage
> > > 6. Sit on bike (coolant temp now about 60-70 degrees C)
> > > 7. Engage first gear and ride away :-))
> > >
> 
> My status check is real quick (probably quicker than it should be :-)
> but I am pretty much there. With a cage I don't wait, but then again I have a
> 1/8th mile crawl to get out of the apartment complex. On the
> bike that is the exact same sequence that I follow, with the following
> mods.
> 
> 1. put bags in luggage (assuming I am off to work or such); open garage
> 2. start bike
> 3. helmet, jacket gloves (in that order, less than 30 seconds)
> 4. hop on bike and back up bike out of garage.
> 5. hit the garage door opener and wait for friggen cheap apartment
>    garage door to close.
> 6. off I go.
> 7. with easy riding up to temp on the st by the time I am at Frankford
>    ( okay, there are only about 5 people on the list that that means 
>    any thing, it is the first street about 1/2 mile down the access road
>    from my complex. I also have to take the long way out of the complex
>    as the exit closest won't pick up my bike, bastids.
> 
> Has any one else had this problem, except for going out the extrance gate,
> this able to use my remote, neither of the exit gates pick up my
> bike very well. If I circle around sendor the one (far gate) will
> eventually pick up the bike. I know that is a common problem. My
> pet peeve, is that the f'n apartment complex dimwits won't tell the gate
> maintance peple to up the sensitvity.
> 
> Anyway, lease is up for renewal, time to go have some fun I guess.
> 
> l8r,
> t.
>   
> 
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