I don’t know if this is the case for cars since i don’t have one. But driving a warmed up motorcycle is definitely a lot better than just driving it straight away
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“warming up” is somewhat of a relative term..
firstly your motorcycle engine probably contains, at most, about a quart of oil. if even that much. you car however, probably has 3-4 (or if it’s a modern high performance car, more like 8-10) .. so a motorcycle will take significantly less time to “warm up” all it’s oil… in most cases that time is right around 30 seconds. significantly less if you’ve got the choke on.
secondly, unlike your car, your motorbike uses the same oil for the gearbox and the rest of the engine, so the oil is doing significantly more work.
oil performs significantly differently when it’s cold, compared to when it’s warm.. you may notice your oil has a rating on it, like 5w10.. the two values are *roughly* the viscosity ratings when the oil is hot and when it’s cold (w traditionally means the “winter” rating).
so trying to force an oil around the insides of an engine and gearbox when it’s more than twice as thick as it can be.. especially when you can just wait 30 seconds to get it up to temperature.. means that the engine isn’t getting it’s full protection and lubrication that it could be getting.
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