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Old 05-08-07, 12:32 PM   #6
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Default Re: How important is running in a new engine properly?

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Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S View Post
There are 2 clear schools of thought on this, run it in fast, everything seats properly and quickly, do it slow and the engine is likely to be less powerful and use more oil.

There is plenty of blurb on this nature on the net if you are truly interested
Yup, but how much do we trust it is the question? I know I'd rather have a bike that was broken in hard than too soft, that's the worst option of all. Barrels and rings definately seem to like a fast break in, who knows about the rest? If I ever do my busa piston swap, I'll be getting YPE to run it in on their dyno for me, since the bottom end's nicely run in at 30-odd thousand miles (plus, it was a demonstrator once so it was probably doing wheelies the day after its 500 mile service
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