09-05-2015, 04:56 AM
(09-05-2015, 02:17 AM)Wisedrum_imp Wrote:(09-04-2015, 01:15 PM)jeffskar_imp Wrote: I have one very firm belief on something that takes a huge toll on many, many vehicles/motorcycles.
Getting on it, and revving it out is just fine, but wait until the motor is up to operating temperature before doing it. I see people getting off work, and simply giving whatever vehicle they're in 100% wot as soon as they hit the highway that is less than a 100 yards from the parking lot.
I run stuff hard, and frequent the drag-strip at least a dozen times a year, and will not go wot until whatever I'm driving is "up to operating temp". I realize that is sort of vague on an air cooled motorcycle that has no temp guage, but giver her 5 minutes or maybe 2-3 miles before laying into her. I'm 40 years old, and have been hot-rodding everything I've owned with a motor since I was 5, and have never had an engine failure, and this pet peave, among clean/fresh fluids and a good tune-up are what I believe gives me outrageously great results of dependability.
In my opinion this is pretty too short, to warm the CB engine really up
for giving it full throttle. After 5 minutes it only remembers, that it should work now,
but somehow is still half asleep.
Wisedrum
In my opinion this is pretty too short, to warm the CB engine really up
for giving it full throttle. After 5 minutes it only remembers, that it should work now,
but somehow is still half asleep.
Wisedrum
+1000 on this very good advice: don't rev up a cold engine.
I had a neighbor once that would habitually start and then rev up her CB350, wah wah wah wah... followed by a full throttle take off within 5 seconds of being started.
With less than 10k miles on it, her bike wore out a small end bushing, you cold hear the loud knocking from the loose piston..
The bike got a very early top end rebuild because of the cold revving habit.
The ball bearing parts could probably take the abuse, but not the plain bushing on the rod's piston pin side.
Oil starved bearings don't like being leaned on..