i know this has been discussed over the past couple days but i'd like to get a little detailed feedback if i could.
so hypothetically, if after the brc i was to go with a new 250r, what are my chances of being to break it in properly?
i am hoping to be able to do something along the lines of this:
http://faq.ninja250.org/index.php/Do_I_ ... _period%3F
my two main questions are:
1) does a new rider generally have the ability to put a bike like the 250 through through a range of gears/rpms to break it in well?
2) i hear the first 50-100 miles are the most critical, so what does this mean to a rider who plans to do his initial miles in a parking lot or around the neighborhood?
thanks in advance for your feedback
new rider break-in of a 250r?
new rider break-in of a 250r?
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I think this is some good info on it:
http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm
When I bought my Ninja 250, the break-in period was REALLY painfully difficult to adhere to.
So, I called the main offices of Kawasaki in California and spoke to one of their engineers. He told me, "We get asked this all the time. Just keep the bike away from redline and you'll be fine. Kawasaki doesn't want to spend the money to make different stickers for the break-in period for every bike. So they made one blanket stickers to put on every model. We always tell them to change it, and they won't do it. So just ignore the guidelines and vary the revs and keep it below the redline."
That's what I do now for every bike.
If I were you, I'd call Kawasaki too. Don't listen to what I tell you. Don't listen to what anyone else posts. Hear it from a Kawasaki engineer yourself, just like I did.
http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm
When I bought my Ninja 250, the break-in period was REALLY painfully difficult to adhere to.
So, I called the main offices of Kawasaki in California and spoke to one of their engineers. He told me, "We get asked this all the time. Just keep the bike away from redline and you'll be fine. Kawasaki doesn't want to spend the money to make different stickers for the break-in period for every bike. So they made one blanket stickers to put on every model. We always tell them to change it, and they won't do it. So just ignore the guidelines and vary the revs and keep it below the redline."
That's what I do now for every bike.
If I were you, I'd call Kawasaki too. Don't listen to what I tell you. Don't listen to what anyone else posts. Hear it from a Kawasaki engineer yourself, just like I did.
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thanks dragon. were you groaning as you pasted that in from the other thread? 
seriously though that works for me. just go nuts within the limits of my ability and the redline. prolly sell it after a season anyways. pass it on to some other new rider, for better or for worse. hopefully in better shape than not.
sorry for beating a dead horse with this topic!
and, of course, i'm getting way ahead of things. still 79 days to brc.
i think tomorrow i will get that hough book.
seriously though that works for me. just go nuts within the limits of my ability and the redline. prolly sell it after a season anyways. pass it on to some other new rider, for better or for worse. hopefully in better shape than not.
sorry for beating a dead horse with this topic!
and, of course, i'm getting way ahead of things. still 79 days to brc.
i think tomorrow i will get that hough book.
something red with two wheels