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Author Topic: Does idling in neutral at a stoplight hurt your motorcycle?  (Read 48 times)
Buckmaster
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« on: November 13, 2008, 05:12:15 PM »
Does idling in neutral at a stoplight hurt your motorcycle?
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Dennis O
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« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2008, 07:54:32 PM »
No. Motorcycles as well as autos are designed to idle. You can actually let it idle all day and it will do no harm.
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desert camel
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« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2008, 08:05:05 PM »
course not.....
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XYZ
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« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2008, 08:38:06 PM »
Idling for extended periods of time can cause over heating, especially with air-cooled engines, but idling at a stop light or while warming up is no problem.
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20/20
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« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2008, 10:05:04 PM »
Only if you leave your feet on the pegs and tip over or role back into another vehicle
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Lady Biker
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« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2008, 10:12:51 PM »
No idiling for that short period of time will not hurt your motorcycle.  I do it sometimes to give my hand a little break from the clutch.
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gary h
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« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2008, 01:42:13 PM »
No.
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indef
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« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2008, 01:54:15 PM »
i wouldn't say it hurts your motorcycle but personally i wouldn't want to let it idle at a stoplight. the main reason is because the road is unpredictable sometimes and you never know when your going to have to react quickly and get out the way.
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chopperchopster
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« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2008, 04:38:14 PM »
DUH!
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bluff mike
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« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2008, 07:23:18 PM »
It won't hurt till some  twinkie on a cell phone doesn't see the stoplight and you can't get out of her way in time because you're in neutral.
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reddishpa
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« Reply #10 on: November 14, 2008, 07:39:05 PM »
 Think about that one, partner.
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Firecracker
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« Reply #11 on: November 14, 2008, 07:42:16 PM »
No, but I don't recommend sitting in neutral.
Being in gear can save your bacon one day. It has others.
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