Volker_P wrote:Looks fine, its worth a try. However if you only heat the oil pan, winter starting still will be a problem as I guess rather lean mixture than easy cranking is the problem. My heated blanket covered the whole engine from below and the loss heat was caught below another blanket that covered the CB front part. This provided also some heating to the carbs which I consider essential to overcome the well known bad cold starting behaviour of the CB650.
Maybe you can mount a hairdryer on a stand that blows some minutes on the carbs / carbs boots just before you start while you disconnect the oil pan heater and get your clothing on.
Another helpful item for winter starting is to close the petcock some 100m before home to get the floater bowls empty after a ride. Fresh fuel will help for next cold start.
Yes, the block heater would only do one thing, and it may not even help out the biggest issue.