Cold runnings

[Moonshot_1]

Got a 99 tourer. Dark side with GY Triple tred. Awesome bike. Runs fantastic.

But one thing I've noticed is that the colder the temp. outside the better she runs. Seems to get smoother and smoother. And its already a smooth running bike. At least it seems like that. I've noticed this from the time I first got her. It's kind of subtle though.

Do PGR rides and many times it's just down right cold starting out but she'll start right up, get warmed up and the colder it is the better she seems to like it. Was in the upper 20's this morning and going down the interstate was one smooth ride.

I'm freezing my butt off. LOL

Anybody else get this sense of the bike running better the colder it gets?

[mhallock]

I've often said the same thing.......My I/S loves the colder weather!!

Mark

[valk2128]

My 1998 Standard seems to like the cooler and cold weather, I drive her all year and definetly feel it runs better in the cooler weather.

[Oldswimr]

Ditto with my 2000 I/S.

[HayHauler]

My IS seems to run the best around 50 deg F. I just can't drive 55 when she is begging to run. I believe it has something to do with the atomization of the fuel, but I have been wrong before.

Hay
Jimmyt

[DFragn]

It runs better because cooler air is more dense.

[Gear Jammer]

Cold air is more dense and therefore has more oxygen molecules per cubic measure.  Oxygen is what makes things burn, and more oxygen makes things burn more efficiently.

[Gear Jammer]

and DFragn types faster than I do too

[Challenger]

Not only does my Valk seem to run better below 50 but my 70 Challenger 383 mag feels like it gains 50 HP. Normal on carbereted engines. Yes it is the denser air, that is why we run fuel & air coolers on our diesel engines

[SteveL]

Got a 99 tourer. Dark side with GY Triple tred. Awesome bike. Runs fantastic.

But one thing I've noticed is that the colder the temp. outside the better she runs. Seems to get smoother and smoother. And its already a smooth running bike. At least it seems like that. I've noticed this from the time I first got her. It's kind of subtle though.

Do PGR rides and many times it's just down right cold starting out but she'll start right up, get warmed up and the colder it is the better she seems to like it. Was in the upper 20's this morning and going down the interstate was one smooth ride.

I'm freezing my butt off. LOL

Anybody else get this sense of the bike running better the colder it gets?

www.gerbing.com

[DFragn]

and DFragn types faster than I do too

Nah, not really. I'm only faster because I only provided the Cliff note version. 

[RP#62]

Also denser fuel - more energy per unit volume.  Old stock car trick was to run the fuel line through a coil of tubing in a coffee can filled with dry ice.  The Navy also took advantage of the fact when they set an endurance record with a P2V Neptune by flying it non-stop from Perth Australia to Columbus Ohio back in the late 40's.  They filled it refrigerated fuel just prior to launch.
-RP

[SlowRoad]

   I had a '68 Ford Galaxie convertible with a 428. I looked forward to driving her in the winter because it was like driving a different car. It would jerk a knot in your tail when the temp got below about 50*. Wish I still had that car, even though at 8 mpg, I wouldn't be driving her much.
    My Valk is the same. She even has a different tone in cooler weather. Sounds like she just wants to GO!!