Breaking in a new engine

[Papa Weeley_imp]

So, Quail, after all this, the expert advice is as follows:

Quote:... we’ve always recommended the manufacturers’ procedure but with some additional guidelines: Always warm your bike up completely before riding away. This ensures the oil is up to temperature and flowing freely, minimizing the chance of damaging those high-friction mating surfaces. Avoid any use of full throttle or lugging the engine, and don’t rev the engine in neutral or run it for extended periods with no load or very heavy load. Essentially, you want to put varying loads on the engine during break-in but not excessively so; this means no freeway droning and no stop-and-go traffic but instead riding that calls for changing rpm, speed, and throttle—it’s a good excuse to stick to the twisties for the first 1,000 miles.

Some occasional bursts to increasingly higher rpm and load with some hard pulls to redline at the end of the process will ensure that the rings get sealed. And most importantly, be sure to have the oil changed as per your owner’s manual at 1,000 miles, the end of the break-in process.
Pretty much how my grandfather ran in his diesel tractor back in 1918. Probably how most sensible people have run in their engines ever since.

Pretty much how my grandfather ran in his diesel tractor back in 1918. Probably how most sensible people have run in their engines ever since.