Most intersesting Beddhist. I getcha.
OK, 3-4 minutes was an understatement. I usually have a smoke/lock up shed/put hlmet on etc. Basically, the bike is pretty close to operating temp before I leave as it dles smoothly and revs right (feels right). Anyways...
What interests me is the idea that the best way to warm the engine up is to ride it (gently), this being the most efficient and quickest way, thereby minimising the amount of time the engine runs cold. I've never considered this before and it does make sense.
I always thought (maybe wrongly) that it was less damaging on the engine to let it warm up on the choke (@ ~3k rpm) and then at idle before starting off. My thinking is that the higher revs used when riding would be more damamging to a cold-ish engine even though the warm up period is a lot shorter than it would be if warming up stationary.
I use the choke to 'artificially' raise the rpm's to mimic actually running the bike to warm up, so maybe it's much of a muchness. Interesting tho..
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