Break-in regimen...

[Damfino_imp]

When I picked mine up a year ago I noticed that the break-in instructions were somewhat vague. Basically, they wanted you to avoid drag race starts and the redline.

I just rode mine in a combination of city and highway miles in a spirited, but controlled fashion. I didn't test the min. 0-60 time and generally kept the revs below 6K. After about 1000 mi. of that I began riding it like I stole it. So far, so good.

Generally speaking, I think riding at either extreme (like a baby or a maniac) durning break-in is probably not the best way to go.

+1

[CIP57_imp]

The first 100mi i keep it under 7000rpm's varying speed. After that i bring her up to red line to seat the rings, always have done this and never had an oil burner. Oil gets dropped at 500mi and ride normal from there on. There is also a break in period for your brakes and tires, so easy on the brakes and turns for the first 200miles.

[DAC]

Kinda confused. I'm not a mechanic but built some engines with buddies long ago. (don't ask.)

There is a significant chance that the dealer I buy my DLX from will be over 100 miles away. A question I have is how I break it in on the ride home. So far, this thread has been, ah, unhelpful.

The link to the mystery expert seems to say you need to ride it like you stole it immediately. Elsewhere here the advice is to sorta baby it - but not really. LOL!

So, I am guessing that the best plan might be to warm the bike up, get it on the road and run it kinda hard for a few miles, then just ride it normally although varying engine speed here and there.

A plan??

[CIP57_imp]

Dac,

Your asking a tough question everyone is different. Personally i would not ride it like you stole it out of the dealership, you may find yourself on your butt coming on the first entrance ramp with brand new tires. I wouldn't cruise along 100 miles on the highway either. Find yourself an alternate route to enjoy the bike on the way home bringing the bike's rpm's up and down.

[dBuster_imp]

Dac,

Your asking a tough question everyone is different. Personally i would not ride it like you stole it out of the dealership, you may find yourself on your butt coming on the first entrance ramp with brand new tires. I wouldn't cruise along 100 miles on the highway either. Find yourself an alternate route to enjoy the bike on the way home bringing the bike's rpm's up and down.

I agree! Vary the rpm's get to know your bike enjoy the ride..

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[the Ferret]

Dac, no one here can definitively give you the best plan for breaking in your new bike, other than quoting what is in the manual.

Truth be known, you probably couldn't hurt this motor no matter how you rode it as long as it had sufficient oil in it. Break in has been a black hole mystery since the first engine was started, and I don't think the manufacturers recommendation has changed in 30 years even though materials and manufacturing processes have improved greatly. Old timers generally break in things differently than young pups, who consider our antiquated ways hog wash. In recent years the "ride it like you stole it" mentality has taken a foothold.

When I bought a bike from a dealer 100 miles away (Joe's in Dayton) We took interstate I-75 up in the car, and I took St Rt 42 the back way home, that way I could stop, go, vary the speed etc, even stopped for lunch in Centerville, rather than jump on 75 south and run 70 mph for 1 1/2 hours straight. It probably would not have hurt the Triumph motor which like our CBs is air oil cooled 4 stroke, but I'm a codger, and wouldn't treat a new motor like that. It's the old dog..new tricks thing.

In the end, I think you will know how "you" want to treat the motorcycle you just paid $10,000 of your hard earned dollars for. Your money, your motorcycle.

[DAC]

Thanks all!

[flynrider]

Dac, no one here can definitively give you the best plan for breaking in your new bike, other than quoting what is in the manual.

Truth be known, you probably couldn't hurt this motor no matter how you rode it as long as it had sufficient oil in it. Break in has been a black hole mystery since the first engine was started, and I don't think the manufacturers recommendation has changed in 30 years even though materials and manufacturing processes have improved greatly. Old timers generally break in things differently than young pups, who consider our antiquated ways hog wash. In recent years the "ride it like you stole it" mentality has taken a foothold.

When I bought a bike from a dealer 100 miles away (Joe's in Dayton) We took interstate I-75 up in the car, and I took St Rt 42 the back way home, that way I could stop, go, vary the speed etc, even stopped for lunch in Centerville, rather than jump on 75 south and run 70 mph for 1 1/2 hours straight. It probably would not have hurt the Triumph motor which like our CBs is air oil cooled 4 stroke, but I'm a codger, and wouldn't treat a new motor like that. It's the old dog..new tricks thing.

In the end, I think you will know how "you" want to treat the motorcycle you just paid $10,000 of your hard earned dollars for. Your money, your motorcycle.

I seem to recall manufacturers providing a bit more detail in the old days. I remember stickers on the tach with rpm restrictions for break-in. My Kawasakis had something like 4K rpm for the first hundred, then 6K until the first 600 mile service. Maybe that was just Kawasaki? Or possibly that with today's more technically advanced materials, it doesn't matter as much?

Interestingly, when breaking in air cooled aircraft engines, the instructions are very specific. They require high power settings (i.e. higher cylinder pressures and temperatures) in order to get the new rings to seat in the cylinders. Low power operations are to be strictly avoided, to the point where if you anticipate a delay in takeoff they recommend shutting down the engine until you can make an immediate departure. Aircraft engines would definitely fall into the "fly it like you stole it" category.

[Aussieflyer]

The first 100mi i keep it under 7000rpm's varying speed. After that i bring her up to red line to seat the rings, always have done this and never had an oil burner. Oil gets dropped at 500mi and ride normal from there on. There is also a break in period for your brakes and tires, so easy on the brakes and turns for the first 200miles.

... sorry officer I was just running in my new bike.

[CIP57_imp]

The first 100mi i keep it under 7000rpm's varying speed. After that i bring her up to red line to seat the rings, always have done this and never had an oil burner. Oil gets dropped at 500mi and ride normal from there on. There is also a break in period for your brakes and tires, so easy on the brakes and turns for the first 200miles.

... sorry officer I was just running in my new bike.

... sorry officer I was just running in my new bike.
State limit is 70mph, my bike red lines at 60 mph