Breaking in a new engine

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First thing I did was a search on breaking in a new engine. Nothing? So now I am asking the questions to those of you that have bought a new Honda 4cyl and rode it past 50,000 miles without any engine repairs. What did you do? How did you do it? Would you do it that way again? I never bought a new bike.

I would like to keep this thread free of "thread drift" so can we please not talk about what your Uncle once told you, or how you broke in your diesel tractor back in 59.

Longest I ever had any one bike, 43,000 miles, air-cooled BMW. Ran great when I traded it in on something else. I've broken in a lot of bikes; was tempted to post my list of machines on the "How many bikes?" thread but refrained as it seemed a little like bragging. But it's well over 30, and if the wives' bikes are added, well over 40. Total miles well over 500,000. I had a couple of others that had nearly 40,000 miles each. Never did anything special. They all ran great. After the first hundred miles I just ride it. This babying engines is a thing of the past. Does your new car say to drive it slow for the first 600 miles? No. Redline out of the dealership, bad idea. But once you figure out nothing is going to fall off, just ride it. Better for seating the rings.

Mike Case, a guy I used to know, had a CBR900RR with over 200,000 miles on it. It was featured in Sport Rider a couple of times. I knew him from day one on that bike and rode with him many times. He just used regular off-the-shelf motor oil, nothing special.
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