vtech problems

Number one, I was riding my bike tonight, and wanted to hit it hard in 3rd on the open freeway. Well the bike never kicked into vtec.


Reved like shit and took forever to hit 100mph.



when I was getting off the freeway and going threw the neighborhood I punched it, and vtec kicked in.

what could be up?



Is the a way to just make the bike stay in vtec all the time. ?

 

VTEC will not kick on unless 2 conditions are met:
1. RPM's are ≥ 6500
2. water temp is ≥ 150°F

perhaps bike was not warm enough
and no, no way to keep VTEC on permanently.

 

yeah Bike was about 140f. Ok good to know. lol.

I was just glad it wasnt my taking off of some of the emissions stuff.

 

in the future, let her warm up prior to riding. if you don't have the patients or time to let her warm up, baby the throttle until you hit 150°F.
it's good practice to ensure that bike will still run 100,000 miles down the road.

naturally i don't always let my bike fully warm up prior to riding, but i never let the RPM's go above 5000 until that engine is above 150°

 

Ive read alot of articals about the whole, warm it up really good first then ride.

apparently the acids that form in the oil from normal running conditions are the worst thing for your motor. Those acids burn off when the oil hits a certain temp, and the studys showed that the faster you can get the bike up to temp, (without flogging the crap out of it) the better it actually is for your bike.


So, I do not let me bike sit there and idel to get warm. I normally start it up, and put slowly around till it gets up to 150, 160. last night was the first time that happened to me becouse Ive never put that bike in that situation. But I do appreciate it.


I will try to find that artical online, but it was in a issue of motorcyclist

 

acid in oil is associated with TBN (total base number). There are alkaline traces in oil, so mixed with slight amounts of fuel, water and it's also dependent on temperature. Acids develop, it's the nature of oil and nothing much can be done about it.