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86129squids
| | Posted on Sunday, April 11, 2010 - 11:57 am: | 
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I mentioned the need to have a full "heat cycle"- within 2 miles I doubt that the entire motor and fluids will have reached full operating temperature- over time this could cause problems. With a water cooled motor, even more so. It takes at least 15 minutes of normal riding to get into a good heat cycle before it's smart to shut'er down.
Just my $.02- still say it's bad for your mojo and mind to end a ride so soon, regardless of the mechanical issues.  |
Greg_e
| | Posted on Sunday, April 11, 2010 - 12:01 pm: |
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No comments on the electric bike? |
Froggy
| | Posted on Sunday, April 11, 2010 - 12:17 pm: |
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Nobody likes electric bikes because they are too awesome and would be perfect for his use.  |
Rpm4x4
| | Posted on Sunday, April 11, 2010 - 12:27 pm: |
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Buying a special bike to go 2 miles to work seems a bit silly unless it was long term work |
Etennuly
| | Posted on Sunday, April 11, 2010 - 01:15 pm: |
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I say Blast it. When I rode the Blast with the stock seat I did not have a pilon space available, I could however carry things on the seat in front of me. Ours doesn't seem to mind short trips at all, I just let it warm enough the choke is open before taking off.
Even if the short trips make the fuel mileage drop to fifty.....how many weeks worth of gas in 2.8 gallons?
This way you get in a ride, but you still have YOUR rides waiting at home. |
Mikef5000
| | Posted on Sunday, April 11, 2010 - 01:22 pm: |
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I work less than a mile from home, and I ride every day I can. I have for 6 years.
I try to take the long way (1.5 miles) there, and then the longer way (3 miles) home.
Knock on wood, but I've never had issues with milkshake oil or base gaskets. My M2 would have some slime accumulation in the primary, but nothing excessive. |
Patches
| | Posted on Sunday, April 11, 2010 - 01:35 pm: |
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When I rode from home to work and back it was about 2.5 miles it took 10 to 15 minutes to go to work and half hour or more to get home because of stop lights and traffic. This does not include the run time it takes to move the bike from the storage building to the street and the run time while putting on my riding gear. If you keep up maintenance like oil changes, lubricating cables and other moving parts on a regular bases (general maintenance) you shouldn’t have a problem as long as you ride more than just back and forth to work. Surely a motorcycle is designed to operate in a harsh environments or it would not be very dependable or worth having would it. Air cooled or water cooled I don’t think makes a difference. I see people do it all the time they get on there bike or in there car or truck start them jam them into gear and hammer down the street as fast and hard as they can go with no warm up time. Even on a hot day it doesn‘t matter that is the worst thing you can do to an Internal Combustion Engine. The next thing you know they are bitching about having mechanical problems. |
Puddlepirate
| | Posted on Monday, April 12, 2010 - 08:49 am: |
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I live exactly 1 mile from work. If I take the bike I do the long loop to and from which is about 15 miles.
If not, I take the 1985 Puch moped.
If not I either walk or ride the bicycle. |
Ratbuell
| | Posted on Monday, April 12, 2010 - 09:09 am: |
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I may have to seriously put some time into the ol MTB. As noted, I could use the exercise And as long as it's not typical DC-wring-your-clothes-out-humid too often, it could definitely be a viable alternative.
I could ride Kim's Blast (it has the Buell saddlebags so I can sit on the passenger seat no problem - I'd love to see a "tall guy" blast with an extended fuel tank!)...but the plan is for her to ride it to her job, 7 miles away. She was (finally) on it yesterday and did great, and loves it - I see her commuting on it in no time.
And I never go right from the starter to the throttle...which is why I'm aware this could pose a problem with the bikes in the first place. Never warming them up can cause a world of problems...but I'm a big kid and don't know that I want to give up on my daily riding!
Oh..wait...I mean the fuel economy. That's it. |
Etennuly
| | Posted on Monday, April 12, 2010 - 09:20 am: |
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Buy a used Blast and make it a "Daddy Blast". Move the controls forward, get a custom made seat that is back further, and hard bag it. Of course it will need Vance/Hines header muffler and the intake kit, heated grips, wiring for heated jacket, and a windshield of sorts.
Think "Blastulys" !! Monkey - football.....you are a big boy, tell them something that will scare them.
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Crackhead
| | Posted on Monday, April 12, 2010 - 06:32 pm: |
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If you need help/ tools to get the bike into shape, let me know. The only bike tools I don't have are the realy expensive ones, like frame aligment and bb tap. But for standard rebuilds I got all the tools. |
Texastechx1
| | Posted on Monday, April 12, 2010 - 11:59 pm: |
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2 miles? bicycle anyone? |
Froggy
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 01:38 am: |
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Someone didn't read the thread!  |
Etennuly
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 10:38 am: |
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Some folks have had back and or leg surgeries and have bad knees, and nerve damage, muscle problems, foot problems, as well as metal parts that are not conducive to pedaling a bicycle or even walking that far at one shot.
Only a couple of these things fit my profile. I have not been able to pedal a bicycle more than a hundred feet or so, for many years. Fortunately I can ride a non-pedal bike! I'm glad I only have to walk about 100 feet to get to work! |
Mr_grumpy
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 01:47 pm: |
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You could take the bicycle with your work clothes & pack of smell-nice wipes in a bag, & get changed when you get to work.
Alternatively, what about one of those overgrown skateboard things with a brush-cutter engine. |
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