Running in, what's your view?
 

I favour thrashing it to within an inch of it's life. :twisted:

After it's warm of course...

When the SV goes, it'll probably be scrap value. So i'm treating her nicely which means I might not be forced to scrap it before I want to.

If the engine lasts that long, how much do you reckon a 120,000 mile service costs? :lol:

Where's the option - I wish I could afford a brand new bike / I'm not daft enough to suffer the first year's depreciation

Went for option 3.......go by the book there is plenty of time to clean up your pistons and rings in the rides to come!

I used to ride only in weekends and everytime you started thrashing the bike black smoke would come out the zhorst (that was not on the SV)

With the SV I use it for commuting sometimes and in general I'm not afraid with the throttle so I'll go all the way if possible.

I pretty much ran it in as recommended. I did go over both the 5k and 8k limits occasionally, but not excessively. I think that the manufacturers will be generally pessimistic in these figures so they have some safety margin.

The added advantage of a run in time for me was that it kept my riding sensible...a good idea in my opinion as I am a new rider.

There are some options missing from the poll. Isn't the manufacturers running-in procedure to stop the rider killing themselves on an unfamiliar machine?

True Story:

I know of a guy who kept blowing up brand new ZX6-r's. He'd buy the bike, go away and then come back to Alfs Motorcycles a few weeks later with a dead bike, get another under warranty and blow that up too.

After the third machine, the guy at the shop asked him how he ran it in, to which this bloke replied "i thrash them from new, right to the redline" (or at least words to that effect). He had to pay for the fourth machine!

Matt

& the "they stoped making the curveys in 2003, so you cant buy a new one" :shock:

Followed by

"unless I'm smart enough until waiting until winter, when dealers lob of as much as the first year's depreciation, just to shift metal!"