Break in period

[AzBob_imp]

The modern consensus is, as far as I can tell, that the manual tells you not to be a hooligan with a new bike so you don't kill yourself and sue ("your honor, it says RIGHT IN THE MANUAL not to accelerate hard in the first 300 miles -- it's not our fault the plaintiff rode into the side of a mountain."). There's a whole lot of reasons why the "old" way of breaking engines in is no longer necessary.

Also, read this: http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

I didn't do anything to temper my use of this bike and mine runs perfectly with zero oil burn. Of course, as far as statistics goes, that means nothing to anyone but me.