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[Lone Rider]

With my previous bike (05 Deluxe) I've always allowed a 30 second minute warm up before riding.

Now I've got the 110 engine two dealerships are recommending different warm up times.

One dealership says to idle for no less than 1 minute and the other 5 minutes.

I live in an area where it reaches 25 min overnight and 40 + most days.

Is there an optimum idle time to wait before riding?

Cheers.

[Phantom309]

5 min sounds like bs to me. Any longer than a min or two and you're just wasting gas imo. I usually let mine run for a min and take off nice and easy and don't work the bike until I know it's up to normal operating temps.

[Lone Rider]

5 minutes sounded way too long for me as well.

One minute idle, ride easy for the first couple of miles and done.

[kraut]

just what I would suggest. It's no good idea to let any engine idle for too long. Mercedes an BMW used to recommend to idle no longer than 1 Minute but to take it easy for 10 km with a cold engine.

That's how I do it with bike and car, never saw a reason to change that habit   

[D-N-D]

a couple minutes is all you need.

[rheiner]

I know it takes quite a while for oil pressure to drop to the normal range once you start riding. I try to keep rpm at 2000 to 2250 as I ride for 5 to 10 minutes. Don't know if it helps but I feel better.

[grc]

This isn't the 1980's or 1990's where the bikes were carbureted and cold blooded, and just like with a modern car or truck, there is no need to let the engine sit and idle before riding away.  Add to this the fact that the climate where you are located (for those who don't know, those temps he listed are in Celcius, not Fahrenheit) is normally in the warm to exceedingly hot range, there is absolutely no need to let the bike sit for minutes at idle before riding.  Just like with a car, just use common sense and don't go crazy with high rpms and hard acceleration until the oil temp comes up. 

Letting a modern engine sit idling is just wasting fuel, possibly washing down the cylinder walls, and allowing localized temperature variations (no air moving across the cylinders and heads).  I'd suggest the same routine I've always used with an EFI bike; fire it up, walk over to the hook on the wall where I keep my helmet and gloves, put those items on, and then hop on the bike and ride away normally.

Jerry

[T-Hawk]

Throw the leg over... start the bike... let the high idle (1,000rpm) balance down to the running idle (about 750rpm)... and ride on.  Whole process takes me about 30-45 seconds.

[Lone Rider]

Add to this the fact that the climate where you are located (for those who don't know, those temps he listed are in Celcius, not Fahrenheit) is normally in the warm to exceedingly hot range, there is absolutely no need to let the bike sit for minutes at idle before riding.

Well said Jerry. Where I live is roughly the equivalent of Death Valley so 30 seconds for me is optimum.

Temps hit 51c a few times in summer this year…..the city limit temperature board even blew a gasket!

[mark]

I'm absolutely amazed at the BS that pours from the mouths of those that work at dealerships...many just regurgitate things they've heard, with no basis of knowledge.  Someone should start list.

[King2013]

77 min at night and upto 104º f most days?
Where is this at, I think I'm moving there.
I hate the cold weather, my foot and back from my bike wreck in 2013 are too much to bare in the cold.

[FlaHeatWave]

Downunder.

I let the bike tell me when it wants to go.

'Fire it up and when it settles to a normal idle, start moving... I have a couple of miles of putting down the beach, before any aggressive throttle can be prudently applied.

[FLTRI]

I always recommend letting the engine idle until you can feel temperature to touch on the top 3 cylinder head fins on the right hand side of the rear cylinder.
This assures a bit of cylinder growth and head gasket clamping before high cylinder pressures are applied...ie: accelerating onto a freeway or up a hill.
A properly tuned engine should be able to idle for a few minutes to warm up a bit without any negative effects.
The above is merely my opinion and is based on my personal experiences,
Bob

[Lone Rider]

77 min at night and upto 104º f most days?
Where is this at, I think I'm moving there.
I hate the cold weather, my foot and back from my bike wreck in 2013 are too much to bare in the cold.

Mount Isa in far west Queensland, about 1,500 kms (900 miles) from Ayers Rock.

Cloncurry is an hour away and has Australia's hottest temp on record (53.1c)

[srnoyes]

I start the bike and then put on my helmet and gloves. Once I get on the bike, I move out of the garage and close the door. By the time I get on the street and ease down the hill out of the subdivision, it is running nicely. I probably travel two or three miles before I can even get (legally) over 35 mph. This is how I have always ridden and haven't had any problems.