oncourse
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posted April 29, 2008 03:25 AM
Break in
I cannot believe what the tech at the dealer told me!
I went in there last week because one mirror was too high, and the manual doesn't tell you how to adjust it. I tried pushing on the mirror itself but it wouldn't move easily and I didn't want to break it. The sales guy came out and tried the same thing, didn't want to move and he didn't want to mess it up either, he calls the tech out. At least he is wearing surgical gloves, and bullies the mirror and explains they are tight from the factory, at lease he was doing it and nothing broke...
As he was leaving I mentioned how smooth it was and I was following break in so far, that after 300 miles I add 1K every 100 miles to do a more progressive break in. His reply was this "If you are ever in a bad situation, like about to get hit from behind or t-boned don't be afraid to nail it wide open, you won't break anything. If something was to break it would have happened at the factory" I am like what do you mean?????
His reply was this: "When the bikes roll off the assembly line they add gas, strap them to a dyno and run them full speed bouncing them off the rev limiter. Then they drain the gas and oil and crate them" OUCH!!
It does make sense really, bikes are never delivered with 0 miles on them, so they do something at the factory. maybe it's true that they want to make sure they are up to the task, but it was kinda chilling to hear that especially when the book says keep it under 4 grand for the first 600 miles, failure to do so and you could have a broken down bike instead of a broken in one... Any thoughts?
Rob
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TedG
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posted April 30, 2008 08:09 AM
The tech was basically right. They do dyno them and they will bounce them off the rev limiter. Breaking in a bike IMHO (and that opinion come from working as a motorcycle mechanic for over a decade) requires mostly gentle acceleration and deceleration for the first few hundred, heating, cooling, heating, cooling. And gently wearing down any high spots from machining. The RPMs can and should go above the recommend limit occasionally, but not under heavy load. The mfg is trying to play it safe because you can't explain what I just said to the masses and have them understand it.
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