Slow to warm up?

[kerbyjonsonjr]

Does anyone know how long the FZR usually takes to warm up? Its been about 70 degrees here when I start it up and it takes quite a while. Also, is it OK to just ride it with about half choke for a little while and then push it in or should I wait for it to be completely warm and not ride it until the choke is all the way in?

[yamaha_george]

K,
the FZR 6's are very cold hearted beasts and can take a full 10 mins to warm up (I have a pal in the tropics and his FZR6 is just as bad as my FZR 6 here in the UK. )

What I do is walk to the bike , start it on full choke, maybe aminute later the bike revs will climb to about 3K I then feather the choke level till she is idling at about 1.2K I then put on my helmet & gloves , do my pre ride checks. and away I go on part choke.

I will take the choke off by the feel of the throttle more than anything else as guide line.
HTH

[Nik]

Hi,
Yeh I follow what George says and it works (I'm the guy he is referring to.
Y_Geo glad you came on not heard from you lately Camala has been in touch . You OK?

[fzrbrandon]

I'm in southern California and it's pretty much the same deal with me. She takes a few minutes to get up to temp.

George,

It's great to see you finally. Hope you're feeling a bit better these days mate.

[pnbell]

Basically the same. I run the bike with the choke until I hear a noticeable change in engine noise and the RPMs are above 3k. At this point i just turn off the choke and ride. I generally keep the rpms below 6k for the first couple miles or so.