My cold weather riding gear consists of installing the liner in my jacket and possibly some ski pants. I only get to wear them once or twice a year. ;)
-Kyle On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 2:07 PM, MrViggy <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't have "cold weather" riding gear, so I've never tried starting mine > at 0deg! I'm more of the camp "if the outside temp is below my age, I take > my car." > > :) > > Viggy > > > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Brian Barr <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My expeirence is similar to MrViggy's. I find that with both my 78CB >> 750 and my 91NH 750 somewhere between 1/2 and 3/4 choke is the sweet >> spot. They start at 1000rpm and after 5-10 seconds move up to 1500 >> rpm. Full choke is just too rich except for the very coldest mornings. >> When the tempurature is below 0 c, I use full choke but very quickly >> move it to the 3/4 position. By the time I don my insulate riding >> pants, plug in the heated vest and let it warm up a bit, the engine >> has warmed up enough to turn the choke off any away I go. >> >> On May 20, 2:11 pm, Angela Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I wish I knew, but my tachometer doesn't work. So, I just do it the old >> > fashion way and listen to the engine. [?] >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Michael K <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > Hello, everyone. A new member to the board and a happy new owner of a >> > > '83 650. >> > >> > > I was wondering about idle speeds on a cold start. >> > >> > > I have no issue with starting and waiting for the bike to warm up, >> > > helps the bike and I get focused for the ride, but I do want to ask >> > > about where do your bikes idle when first started cold / with choke >> > > fully on? With no throttle, mine hovers right around 700/800rpms (and >> > > frequently dips too low, necessitating a restart) for a minute or two >> > > before it begins to warm up. I sometimes give it just the barest >> > > minimum of throttle in hopes of keeping it from dying, but as you >> > > know, throttle and full choke aren't really complementary, so its up >> > > in the air how much that really helps. >> > >> > > Eventually when the idle nears 1500 I bring down the choke in >> > > increments until it idles around 1000 when off fully. Then it's time >> > > to ride! >> > >> > > Does that seem about standard for your 26 year old bikes? >> > >> > > Caveats/details - fuel flowing freely w/ vacuum, air filter/box clean, >> > > spark plugs in great shape, choke is activating fully according to >> > > measurements from the Honda Service Manual. Carbs may very well need >> > > to be better sync'ed / cleaned. >> > >> > > Really pleased to see this community is here! Lots of expertise mixed >> > > with good humor - a solid combination. This is my first bike and it's >> > > becoming quite the love affair already. >> > >> > > -- >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> > > To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >> <nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >> > > . >> > > For more options, visit this group at >> > >http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >> . >> > For more options, visit this group athttp:// >> groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> > >> > 332.gif >> > < 1KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - >> > >> > - Show quoted text - >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
