Curious to know about how long the average warm up is for a tire. (I'm running the Pilot Road 2 front and rear). Certainly this will vary based on the type of tires, as well as temperature of the road and air. Is there a general rule of thumb for this? 2 miles? 5 miles? Obviously, if its the middle of the day and the air temp is 90F with the sun beating down on the road, tires are going to heat up quicker. But what about the days (mornings?) where you head out after a night of 30, 40 or 50 degree temps? Is heat uniformly transferred throughout the entire tire, or, does the heat generate more quickly on the center (lets say the first couple miles of the ride are on a straight line road)? How about during winter riding, where temps might be in the 30's all day? Will the tires always lose some of their ability to stick if the roads are cold, regardless of how many miles you may have ridden? Thanks.
5 to 10 miles should do it. just don't zig zag to warm up tires - this goes back to the 2 stroke bikes mixing the oil/fuel Not warming up tires ( but yet everyone thinks that is how you warm up a tire ) hard on the gas and hard on the brakes going straight will warm up the tires faster. cold temp will affect the grip a little on hard compound tires - just use your head in the cold temps, there is ice and wet pavement to deal with in the cold along with leaves. I run Metzler M-3's and by the time I hit the onramp I have plenty of grip ( 5-6 miles )in temps as low as 35 degrees.
It looks like you've pretty much know the answers already. I'd say the main thing is to actually "be aware that there is a warm up period", everytime you start from a still position.... Just use your judgement..... as far as #'s in time,or miles.... Think about the race bikes, they do a lap before going full bore(3 miles/1-2 mins).... And their tyres are diff. and come out from under elec. heat-covers..... The way to heat up tyres is to acc/brake/repeat..... weaving doesn't heat the tyre, it gets the crap off the sides.... That goes for cars and bikes..... I know a lot of peps that will say weaving heats them up..... But the pro tyre folks don't agree. Colder roads will have some effect, so will ambient air temps. Warming up tires ...... Copy these words / paste them in the google ..... Hit search .....
