How to run-in a new bike

[jimbo600]

Methods vary I find, but when your talking about a brand new four stroke bike, I have it on good authority,(a nameless mechanic at wellington motorcycles), that the run in period is more a safety thing than a mechanical requirement. By that I mean, if something has been done wrong with the putting together, they would prefer you not to be doin the red line in fourth gear when it flies to pieces.
And since it is most likely gonna happen in the first thousand odd K's, you nurse it a wee bit to be safe.

Mate the way you ride anyone would think that you're still running the FZR in.

[GNR]

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

definatly a great read !!!!!!!

[Morepower]

The manufacturers recommendations are for the lowest common denominator if they said you could go to max rpm then some clown would until it seized and then claim for a new engine. If you glaze the bores from being overkind it will use oil forever.

The only Danger with the go hard from the start is from overheating or if the bearings are a bit on the tight side you could do some damage if you load her up too hard ( low rpm lugging).

So keep an eye on the temp , dont head up a steep hill trying to keep it below 3000 rpm in a high gear , let it rev out to redline for short periods from time to time. Otherwise ride it normally.

Every new car I have got (company vehicles) have been driven hard from day one and they have all turned out to be excellent engines that use no oil.

I ran my 440 cube V8 in with a full throttle blast up a long steep hill then drove it normally. When it was first started we kept the RPM above 2000 for 20 minutes , any less and it could cause valvetrain damage.

In the days when we ran in 2 strokes after the regular new piston and rings it was full blast around the block then forget it and ride like normal.

Dave