When the engine is still cold I notice that I get some pretty bad throttle hesitation. If I twist the throttle and ease the clutch in, it tends to bog down and it takes a second for the motor to rev up. The strange thing though, is that I'm able to get rid of the hesitation after I pull over to the side, shut it off and Start it back up. And this could only be after riding the bike down the street a block or two.
I have this strange feeling that before start up, I need to have the fast idle open fully then back it off after the motor starts.. and the hesitation will be minimized or wont surface. If I start with it partially open, then open it farther after the motor starts, it'll develop the hesitation until I shutoff/start again like I described before..
Does anyone else get this?
And this kinda leads up to my other question. How long should I warm it up? I notice it takes a good 5 or so minutes of idling in the morning to get to the 2nd bar on the temp gauge. Realistically, waiting this long seems a bit much for me every morning, so I wait about 30 seconds to a minute with the fast idle lever idling the motor at about 1900 rpm.. Then I close the fast-idle and ride off slowly and get the bike up to temp from riding. Is this routine okay for the bike?
Use whatever combination of fast idle lever that works. Also speak to the dealer when you bring the bike in for service. As far as warm up goes, the best method is to ride moderately as soon as the bike runs well enough to operate safely.
Quote from: animatronik on April 01, 2009, 11:09:47 PMI have this strange feeling that before start up, I need to have the fast idle open fully then back it off after the motor starts..
I wouldn't think of starting it any other way. Is that really even possible? Learn something new every day. ;D
Quote from: animatronik on April 01, 2009, 11:09:47 PMHow long should I warm it up? I notice it takes a good 5 or so minutes of idling in the morning to get to the 2nd bar on the temp gauge. Realistically, waiting this long seems a bit much for me every morning, so I wait about 30 seconds to a minute with the fast idle lever idling the motor at about 1900 rpm.. Then I close the fast-idle and ride off slowly and get the bike up to temp from riding. Is this routine okay for the bike?
2nd bar sounds like a bit much without moving at all (something's probably going to get too hot without fresh air). What you're doing sounds about right to me.
Keeping in mind I live in South Florida, I was told to move the choke
on BEFORE starting. Hit the button, let it run around a minute or so
and let off the choke. It is now safe to ride SLOWLY, no high revs, until
the second bar lights up. Your tires will be warmed up by that point as well.
I only need to do this when it plunges down into the 50 degree range
down here in the land of the living dead.
It seems to work for me.
if it's not idling at 1200 it's not warm.. i think it's in the manual
What you're experiencing is consistant with my 696. Weather it's a good thing or not, I don't know. I routinely let it warm up about 5 minutes in the winter (to 2 bars like you). On warmer days only a minute or 2 (however long it takes me to look over the bike and finish putting my gear on). It lets me know it's not warmed up yet by stalling when I put it into first gear.
+1 on starting with the choke (fast idle) wide open then turning it down. If I don't, it sometimes doesn't want to start. Reading over this it makes this look like a tempermental bike but I kinda dig this "lowtech" aspect. Kind of an odd mix with that feature laden dash.
I look for two bars before I even think about getting on it, the throttle that is. The bike is cold blooded a bit for sure. I progressively turm the idle down until its off at two bars.