05-06-2016, 10:03 AM
With the exception of calling out 300 miles as the end point, the break in period recommendations in the owners manual are pretty short on detail and seem like they are provided more for liability reasons than any real concern for the engine itself (except perhaps for the recommendation to avoid hard acceleration). I'm guessing that the other two recommendations to ride conservatively and avoid hard braking have more to do with the riding on tires that have not been scrubbed in and getting used to a new bike.
In my opinion, the most notable thing that is rarely mentioned in discussions like this one is the strides that have been achieved in the manufacturing processes of engines today compared to a few decades ago. It would seem that engines are already "broken in" by the time we get a new vehicle in our hands. But old habits and all that...
Much like oil discussions, we'll simply never manage to come to an overall agreement on what constitutes the best way to break in the engine a new CB1100. I'll simply say to each their own and hope that everyone is happy with their respective CB1100 after they've racked up the first 300 mies regardless of how they went about things up to that point.
In my opinion, the most notable thing that is rarely mentioned in discussions like this one is the strides that have been achieved in the manufacturing processes of engines today compared to a few decades ago. It would seem that engines are already "broken in" by the time we get a new vehicle in our hands. But old habits and all that...
Much like oil discussions, we'll simply never manage to come to an overall agreement on what constitutes the best way to break in the engine a new CB1100. I'll simply say to each their own and hope that everyone is happy with their respective CB1100 after they've racked up the first 300 mies regardless of how they went about things up to that point.