Warm-Up proceedure?

[jtopiso_imp]

it absolutely warms the oil, which allows it to lubricate properly. the minute you start riding, it loads the lubricated surfaces exponentially by comparison. But to each their own.

waste of fuel . that's funny. For 2-3 minutes? that's like a traffic light change.

I know. It's not going to change the economy.

3 minutes idling is about 30ml of fuel (that's metric estimate. In imperial must be around shot of bourbon ).

If I do that on my daily commute...

30ml * 20 days *2 = 1200 ml (1.2 liters)

that's around 2 pints a month (and 2 hours of my time... although I could multitask, and let it idle while I put on gloves and helmet, so this is neglectible)

Modern oils can lubricate when cold (specially here, with mild weather). I wouldn't start a race with a cold engine, or rev it up to the redline, but I can certainly warm up the engine smoothly wihile I moving, and I am sure I won't be damaging anything, and I am saving both time and fuel. Also, I have a more even temperature on all the mechanical bits, as I am warming engine, transmision, bearings, dampers, etc... all at once.