Why do you need to rev it early in the morning for 5 minutes waking up the neighborhood?

  • Triumph@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    Carbureted bikes may need a little time to warm up in order to hold idle without dying. A clean and tune should fix that, but that’s effort the owner may not be in a position to make for whatever reason.

    However, all you need to do is hold the throttle at, say, 1500 RPM instead of 1000. Enough to not die. Adding a cheap throttle lock makes it so you don’t even have to stand there while it warms up.

    There is zero reason to rev a bike in neutral, at any time, besides dick swinging.

    • blarghly@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      My bike used to die if I idled at stop lights for too long before I worked in the carb a bit. So if I felt the engine slowing, I would blip the throttle to keep it running. But this was purely utilitarian, and my bike isn’t a loud one