What a way to start the day. Had a spare, so it added a few minutes to my morning. Carefully cleaned the dust from around the plug, swapped, started and rode.
NBD, but what the fuck?
this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2024
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There's no way around idling the bike in the morning for a couple of minutes? Seems weird to me. Pulling the choke and going easy the first couple of miles/km is the way to go, or am I wrong here?
Yeah, it's a thing. I'm not a motorcycle person and don't know exactly why but my dad always had to do it before driving to work when I was a kid
Honestly, that sounds like a mechanical issue that needs addressing. I haven't had a bike for a while now, but my late 80's GS 500 would always start up fine with a little (or a little more) choke, no matter the temperatures. I'd fire her up, slip into my gloves and be on my way.
It's to give it time for everything to get to a similar temp and have oil flowing starting it then putting a load on it right away is really not good