I just bought my 2004 1000rr this year. I bought it from a dealership, and he told me when you start it up, have your gear on, and just go, don't let it sit and get up to temp, or else it will foul out the plugs. Is this true? I couldn't find anything about that in the owners manual or the web. Every other bike I have had I always would let it warm up a little bit while I put my gear on before I took off, but then again, my last bike was a carburated r1, this is my first FI bike. I just wanted to check how much truth there was to this? Thanks.

 

Hey Adam

Mate i find with mine i let it warm up for a bit, generaly i will start mine then put my gear on....By this time its warmed up a little then im happy to take off..Myself im not a fan of riding/driving on cold engines...Im not saying do it my way im just letting you know thats what i do

Good luck.

LUKE

 

Same here , crank , gear , gone

 

I know I'm NOT going to take off like that, myself. If it's cool, like 55 degrees, and my bike's been sitting for a week, it'll rev to 2500 rpm when I start it and stay there for a minute or two. I'm not going to try to put it in gear and take off if it's "idling" at 2000+ rpm!

 

Sometimes I find it amazing that dealership people can even identify a motorcycle. Let it idle for 4 hours if you want. It won't foul the plugs unless something else is wrong with the bike. Personally I put on most of my gear, crank her up, helmet and gloves, and then playtime

 

A friend mine who knows bikes like a lot of people on the forum do and who worked at a Honda dealer last season said they would get a lot of fouled plugs on their used bikes because the sales dept would start a bike, rev the hell out if it then shut it off right after.

 

That'll sure do it. You add a crap load of gas and shut her down right away. If you do it a lot the gas left in the cylinders will run out and start mixing with your oil.

 

Awesome guys! Thanks for the verifications, I knew that didn't sound quite right, I'm glad I checked! Again, thanks!

 

That can happen at dealerships, I have seen it, but if it gets ridden after warmed up it should not be problem

 

I always warm it up first, cos when start ridin it gets a thrashin, lol. Wouldn`t like to do that on a cold engine thats still idlin at 2k rpm. [:@]