Top Speed whilst running in???

[Drew Carey]

Evening All on the knowledgable Org

Quick question, I have a brand new SV having past test yesterday. Just wandering what kinda speed people would expect during the running in period without going over 5500rpm. Am I right in saying that about 70mph ish is correct?

Drew

60-70 sounds about right.

[Drew Carey]

Thanks, just wasnt sure. Just want the first service to be done so that I can open her up a bit!!!!

Well the max speed the bike can do at the red line is 140MPH (i wokred it out once through gearing...)

Anyway so 140/11000=0.012727

0.1272727x5500=70MPH so there you go.

I'm currently running mine in and the garage told me not to use any more then 6K rpm for 600 miles. While riding I found 6th gear 5.5K rpm is 75mph and 6K is 80mph.

Indicated my friend

Well that popped my bubble of happiness.

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

60-70 sounds about right.

+1

take it easy or you'll probably regret it in miles to come.

I'm only 400 miles at the mo.

TBH as someone said there are many different ways to run an engine in... Some people just thrash them into life, i wouldnt advise this but i think with modern engines and modern fabrication processes there shouldnt be too many things need nursing.

So if you do accidentaly sneak above it shouldnt be catastrophic.

75 for me, but if you need to use 8k for a few seconds to pass a car, no problem.

It's more important to vary your rev range than to just ride at 5500 all day.

Tight country B roads with tight bends and wee straights to get you up and down the gearbox and vary your speeds from 30 - 75mph are good for running in. Good for getting used to the bike and more interesting than going for long motorway runs at 75mph as well.