| Blackheart58 |
09-25-2011 02:14 PM |
I doubt you'll find a true consensus. I tend to be easy on any new run-in (I don't like the term "break-in", since I'm not trying to break anything) for a few miles, then, I gradually let the rpms increase for several miles. I turn it off and let it cool down. Start it back up, ride gently, then ride increasingly hard, so by the time the bike has 20-25 miles, it's seen WOT a few times. THEN I find the longest downhill around, and head down in a fairly low gear...rev it up to high rpms and get off the throttle and let the engine slow the bike down. Re-accelerate and back of the throttle for engine braking effect. Do this a few times.
At this point, I consider the bike 90% "run-in", and I ride it as I normally would. Sometimes I change the oil early, but, I do NOT change the filter early. Filters get more efficient as they get loaded with debris, but, it takes a LONG time for them to get loaded. I'll wait until the first filter change is specified by the manufacturer, and I'll change it then. I always cut it open to observe what the filter caught. Always some shavings in there. Never have these shavings been a shockingly large amount.
Never had a bike or other vehicle that burned oil later. That doesn't mean what I tend to do is correct, either...it's just one general technique that one person has done. I hope yours goes well!
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