picking my bike up tomorrow advice

[timwilky]

Careful with them new tyres, especially if it is raining.

My tyre tells me of the large number of offs he has seen as lads gun it accross the road after having new boots fitted and whoops there goes another.

Originally Posted by e.d.

Just have fun, i picked my K5 up last monday and have done just over 1000 miles now. I just took it steady for the first couple of hundred then didn't really think about it after that as long as i was ragging the nuts of it. The tyres felt perfect from the first corner and then once the first service was done at 600 miles i was told as long as i didn't red line it at every gear change then not to worry to much about stickin to a set rev limit.
HTH
Ride safe and enjoy

That's not a misquote either!

Remind me not to buy your bike off you e.d.

bit late now probably but the first 20 miles should be done round a busy town with lots of gear changes and uphill/downhill, accelerating in every gear and engine braking as much as possible to do an initial run in of engine & gears, this is a vee twin, you shouldn't need to use your brakes much.

Without stopping take yourself on a run but avoid motorways/dual carraigeways and long constant speed roads, change gear often but stay below the 5000 rev limit (as much as you can - the odd blip up too 7000 won't hurt)

If you've got it right you'll notice that 5000 rpm on the flat gets faster in 6th over the first 150 miles (I went from 62mph to 69mph) after 500 miles you won't do 5000rpm in 6th ever so who knows if it changes further.

A little patience now is worth a lot later - remember you are sitting on one of the fastest 0-60mph road production bikes (3.56 secs)

Originally Posted by hutchy

bit late now probably but the first 20 miles should be done round a busy town with lots of gear changes and uphill/downhill, accelerating in every gear and engine braking as much as possible to do an initial run in of engine & gears, this is a vee twin, you shouldn't need to use your brakes much.

Without stopping take yourself on a run but avoid motorways/dual carraigeways and long constant speed roads, change gear often but stay below the 5000 rev limit (as much as you can - the odd blip up too 7000 won't hurt)

If you've got it right you'll notice that 5000 rpm on the flat gets faster in 6th over the first 150 miles (I went from 62mph to 69mph) after 500 miles you won't do 5000rpm in 6th ever so who knows if it changes further.

A little patience now is worth a lot later - remember you are sitting on one of the fastest 0-60mph road production bikes (3.56 secs)

I will also take all that into account...pick my bike up in 3 hours......

[ophic]

Originally Posted by Ceri JC

Go gently on the cornering till the tyres are scrubbed in.

I'd just like to underline this. From experience.