(small) Bike Things You've Done Today

Just changing the subject slightly, I understand that it is not wise to occasionally start a bike (or car) in saay the winter time because it can do more damage. Having said that, the desire to hear an engine is sometimes irresistible and I do start both my bike and my car periodically. Am I being a muppet and should I refrain? I tend to allow them to get to working temperature if that's any excuse!!

 

Only if you can get the oil hot enough to get all the water out of it.
I dont do it.

 

So is that cooking temperature or when the needle reads normal operating temperature?

 

Temperature gauge us usually the coolant so the oil temperature lags behind.

 

Not on an air cooled engine!

During the winter months I occasionally enjoy spreading the love to my neighbours by letting it tick over until the needle reads 100’c

 

I drive/ride them. Stop being whimps

 

Had a text from Biketrac to say my battery was running low, so put the bike on charge. I was only out on it a couple of weeks ago, so guess the Li-ion battery doesn't like cold weather.

 

Might be the tracker draining the battery. My last bike with a tracker (dealer fit option) s1000xr used to flatten its lead acid battery in a couple of weeks in winter if not used or left on trickle charger. My DesertX lithium holds its charge for a lot longer but it doesn’t have a battery connected tracker fitted. Could be anything really but without a constant drain lithiums tend to be good at holding a charge. You just need them warmed up before starting an engine off them.

 

Got banned for being too noisy at Almería.
Apparently never happened before....

 

Are serious? Never ridden the track but been there a few times to watch testing. There isn't a house for miles; perhaps the Olives were dropping off the trees

 

Now the leaf blower is sorted I have now commenced replacing all my screen and fairing nuts and weld nuts with a nice new set.

 

I was a bit surprised but it was 114 dB..

 

Using the leaf blower?

 

I really do need to pay more attention to my sentence structure in future but your comment made me laugh.
Weld nuts are not as easy to remove as I thought!!

 

I ran a Panigale V4 with full race system with no issues. Never heard of being pulled for a noisy drive by. Almeria is in the middle of nowhere. I feel your disappointment. Andy

 

Didn't even get a drive by. Was banned at idle

 

But it’s cold!!

 

Not in Almeria! Think Spaghetti westerns

 

Apparently 110db is the average human pain threshold...

 

Have you ever had kidney stones? 110db would be like a a smooth sensual massage