The break-in ride - plotting and scheming

[phaedrus]

with the new bike rapidly approaching i've started thinking about the break in period. I'd like to get it up to the first servicing (1000km) in a weekend, maybe from Friday night. Problem is i'm navigationaly challenged so i'm open to suggestions on where to go.

Another thing that's just popped into my head, is this sane? from a keeping the bike healthy perspective.

[Colapop]

Choose a spot, get a map book and find the best way to get there... nice and twisty...

[pritch]

I did something similar to what you're planning with my last bike.

Since then things I'd read made me think differently and it was suggested that the engine benefites from having more heat cycles and more varied running than you tend to get on a long(ish) trip. The writer prepares racing engines for a living and has extensive dyno results that lead him to that conclusion.

So when I bought my latest bike I did the running in over a couple of weeks rather than a couple of days. Can't tell if it made any difference, it's a totally different bike but you do the best you can :-)

[thehollowmen]

Christchurch and back is boring.

Queenstown and back wouldn't be bad .. but might be a bit snowy

If not, go through south towards balclutha, join up with SD and go to lawrence for lunch. Head up to Alexandra, then continue through it and go back towards Palmerston / dunedin in one big loop.

That's not quite 1000km but it will be good.

[The Pastor]

i'd do a 50km ride then do an oil change straight away - you'll see alot of metal come out with that oil change :D

[pyrocam]

I find following your nose is a good way.
figure out which way you want to go (n s e w) and follow big roads (IE highways). you don't want to be running it in 250k away from civilization in case something happens

[Hitcher]

Go up through Middlemarch, on to Cromwell, then Queenstown and home through Gore. 1,000km in a weekend is a doddle.

[The Lone Rider]

If you come to CHCH be sure to meet up with us :P

[yod]

with the new bike rapidly approaching i've started thinking about the break in period. I'd like to get it up to the first servicing (1000km) in a weekend, maybe from Friday night. Problem is i'm navigationaly challenged so i'm open to suggestions on where to go.

Another thing that's just popped into my head, is this sane? from a keeping the bike healthy perspective.

dunny to chch and back, and back to chch, that shud be about 1100-1200?? course, then you're stuck in chch.....

[Silage]

Hey Phaedrus, did I miss something or did you wax lyrical on the new machine on another thread? If not you better fess up here. Well after all, doing 1000k to run in a Rocket 3 might be different to a GN250.

Are you intending turning up at the Brass Monkey? Bout time you got to another rally (not that I can talk on that count).

[phaedrus]

nah, you haven't missed anything. I've been trying to keep it under my hat - it's a bloody big hat. Still you can see the odd flash of red if you look carefully enough and something sounds like it wants to take your head off at the waist. Although that could just be an echo, you never can tell with these cavernous hats.

[craigs288]

The comment about metal filings reminded me fo a product I have seen somewhere on the 'net.
Some crowd make (semi)circular magnets to fit around most sizes of oil filter and also to the underside of car sumps, in an effort to retain metal filings once they get there.
Unfortunately I can't remember if it was the nzperformance website or some other one.
I will do google search for oil filter/sump magnets and then post the website details in case anyone is interested.

That was easy. www.filtermag.com