October 2, 2009 at 6:52 pm
#22640
JackTrade
Participant
With my Buell (a carbed single), this is a big issue. The owner’s manual is emphatic that you have to let it warm up before you take off, for exactly the reasons stated above. Fortunately, it has an automatic choke, which helps.
I usually let it idle for maybe 30 seconds before getting underway (I can hear the drop in rpms). Fortunately, she lives in a parking garage, so I have about 2 levels to ascend before getting to the street. By the time I get there, she’s fine, but I do occasionally get hiccups and hesitations getting there (always when I’m turning around corners it seems…the only times I’ve ever put my foot down while in motion).