Do You Warm Up Motorcycle Engine In Winter?

Hey folks — I’ve got a 2023 Triumph Tiger, and I may ride it to Salt Lake City this winter and spend some days there.
The temperature there is much lower than in LA(where I am living)

So, I wonder if you will warm your motorcycle in winter/cold weather?

I’ve heard mixed advice about letting the engine idle before riding in cold weather. Some say it’s essential, others say just start and go.

I also searched on the internet and read some articles. For example, in this article:
Do I Need to Warm Up Motorcycle Engine in Winter?

It introduced how to warm up the engine and some tips to follow.

But I am not sure if it is suitable for the temperature/weather in Salt Lake City?

What do you Triumph riders do? How long do you warm up your bike on chilly mornings and why? I want to make sure I’m not hurting the engine or wasting fuel. Thanks in advance!

 

Start the bike, put my helmet then gloves on, a quick pat of the pockets to confirm I have my wallet and phone with me. Get on the bike and set off. That applies be it spring, summer, autumn or winter.

 

I start the engine, put on my helmet and gloves so the oil has time to get pumped round the bike and ride off, treating the bike like I did during the running in period until it's fully warmed up. The bike's high operating temp and combustion temperatures in the thousands of degrees, so the outside temperature isn't going to make much difference to bike apart from taking slightly longer to warm up because of the colder air going through the radiator, but the thermostat is there to manage that.

 

I allow it to warm up in all weathers. But only whilst I'm getting helmet and gloves on etc. Then I just ride gently for 5 mins or so.

 

I start in the same procedure of the pre-writers in this thread.
Afterwards I ride it in a smooth way for about 5 to 10 kilometres. That's my way.

 

Same here. Start the bike leave idling whilst i put my hat on and gloves then of i go.