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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 6:50 pm
by G_Seattle
I certainly want to make sure I don't do any damage. From what I gathered, it's ok to go over 4K as long as I don't go "wild" (beyond 8K), and as long as I vary the RPMs. This will help, because my commute takes me to some portions of the road with a 45mph limit, and for that I need 7K RPMs..
Let me take a minute to thank all the people on this forum - you guys are great and of invaluable help!
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 12:23 pm
by t_bonee
Ride like ya stole it. Change the oil after 50 miles then again at 500. Just keep the RPM's going up and down.
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:04 am
by Duffy
What would happen to the bike if you kept it at the same rpms or it got a little hot? I didn't find this site till after I bought my 2007 250 and on my first time riding (drove it home from dealer) after the msf course and 1st time going beyond 2nd gear..... I kind of didn't know when to shift up so I basically drove it in too low a gear so it was screaming all the way for the 1/2 hour ride home. The dealership told me to ignore the breakin and just drive normal. It took me awhile to figure out what normal was anyway. Well, I also did the 500 mile service and they said everything was fine. Now its got 5000 miles and its ticking like crazy and I'm having a friend work on it cuz the valves are noticeabely not in synch and he says it looks like they've never been touched and to clean out my carbs cuz I am having bad gas mileage, stalling issues. But that's prolly due to gas gunking up over winter. But could the valves be messed up because I did a poor job of breaking in the bike?
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:58 am
by Tower18CHI
Depending on your bike, having your valves adjusted after initial break-in is pretty normal.
But seriously, you rode your bike screaming home because you didn't know when to shift? Shift when it's screaming
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 11:26 am
by fireguzzi
Duffy wrote:What would happen to the bike if you kept it at the same rpms or it got a little hot? I didn't find this site till after I bought my 2007 250 and on my first time riding (drove it home from dealer) after the msf course and 1st time going beyond 2nd gear..... I kind of didn't know when to shift up so I basically drove it in too low a gear so it was screaming all the way for the 1/2 hour ride home. The dealership told me to ignore the breakin and just drive normal. It took me awhile to figure out what normal was anyway. Well, I also did the 500 mile service and they said everything was fine. Now its got 5000 miles and its ticking like crazy and I'm having a friend work on it cuz the valves are noticeabely not in synch and he says it looks like they've never been touched and to clean out my carbs cuz I am having bad gas mileage, stalling issues. But that's prolly due to gas gunking up over winter. But could the valves be messed up because I did a poor job of breaking in the bike?
Running a constant high RPM especially during brake in could glaze the the cylinders and not allow the piston rings to seat properly = low compression.
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:33 am
by Zagnut
I'm with TBonee on this. Dont redline it but work that engine...and dont forget to slow down by engine breaking. That helps to wear the cylinder walls on all sides, if I recall correctly. I modeled my break-in procedure after these reccomendations.
http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm
http://www.calsci.com/motorcycleinfo/NewBike.html
oh and one more thingG_Seattle...um...apparently you didnt get the memo about putting coversheets on your TPS reports...you need to start putting coversheets on your TPS reports....I'll have someone shoot you a copy of that memo...