a couple newbie questions...

Help & Advice
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I have 2 questions which are not related.

  1. When i have been on a long ride and i can feel the engine has heated a lot (i dont have a thermometre on my bike), what should i do when i park up? Right now i let it idle for about 30 seconds, then turn it off. Is this enough? Is an idle bike going to heat even more? I just dont want the hot oil to bake inside the engine if i switch it off when its very hot.

  2. While trying to get my knee close to the ground, I have scraped my shoe a few times… this makes me think that maybe my pegs will scrape the ground before my knee does, and if i lean too far the pegs will force the bike to lose traction and slide. Im on a 2003 Fazer 600 and am also a short ass, so when i stick my knee out, it probably doesnt stick out as much as many other people’s knee might. Am i being too chicken/paranoid or is the bike tiping because of the pegs actually possible?

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  1. you’ll notice engine heat far more in this weather, check the basics obviously, coolant level, leaks etc, bike should have a temp gauge? check ya fan cuts in… engine oil shouldnt bake?

  2. this sounds like an accident waiting to happen! please take it one step at a time, if the pegs are scraping you are leaning the bike over plenty far enough, its all about body position from here, If you’re wanting knee down hoolaganism get ya self to a nice track day for a play and some guidence. (god im getting old ;))

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No need to leave the bike running when you stop - just turn the thing off.

Also no need to warm it up in the morning - the engine will wear more through sitting on the stand ticking over than it will being ridden.

As for the leaning - if you’re close to scraping the pegs then you should have enough lean for Knee down.

Personally, I can’t be arsed with hanging off the bike - certainly doesn’t make you any faster on the road, but can look cool if you get it right :slight_smile: