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How strict did you adhere to the 1,200 mile break in period??

Originally Posted by kannibul By the time I read the manual, I'd already bounced it off redline a couple of times, and had taken it to 6K+ a few more

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Old 12-25-2009, 04:58 PM   #3 (permalink)
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By the time I read the manual, I'd already bounced it off redline a couple of times, and had taken it to 6K+ a few more times...

And I didn't change it a whole lot after that, just by that time I figured out that pushing forward on the stick, makes it change up a gear, and down makes it change down a gear...I just couldn't get it through my head for some reason for the first couple weeks, and that, having come from driving a manual for years. Then there's a couple times where I had it in manual mode and forgot, only to bounce it off the revlimiter after leaving a stoplight...

Overall, I could have been a LOT "worse" to it, according to the guidelines in the manual...but given my other vehicles, I was a bit harder on it from the getgo than my other vehicles, but, not terribly so.


IMO, drive it like you're going to drive it from day 1.

ME TOO!! I baby them for about a day then i'm seeing what she's got. Engines are mostly broken in at the factory anyhow.

give this a read.

Break In Secrets--How To Break In New Motorcycle and Car Engines For More Power
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