running in a new bike

Some people say screw it, others say follow the book.

I followed the book up til about 300 miles. Didn't load it up too heavily, kept to 5000rpm and tried to vary the revs a lot.

After 300 though I did allow it to go up to 6000 once or twice and maybe even 7000 on one occassion. After 600 I generally kept it to 5000 but went over that occassionaly and even up to 10k once.

I doubt that doing this did it any harm at all.

Mine does not use a single drop of oil and neither have any of my new cars and I have always run them in just slightly harder than the book states but not in a way that could be described as remotely hard.

Yet I hear of people topping up cars like mine with a litre every thousand miles and being told by the manufacturer that this is within acceptable tolerances.

Originally Posted by Toypop

I followed the book up til about 300 miles. Didn't load it up too heavily, kept to 5000rpm and tried to vary the revs a lot.

After 300 though I did allow it to go up to 6000 once or twice and maybe even 7000 on one occassion. After 600 I generally kept it to 5000 but went over that occassionaly and even up to 10k once.

This is pretty much what i did with my K5, i'm at nearly 9000 miles now and Apart from the oil changes at the service intervals i've never put a drop in.

Originally Posted by steveg

Manual states max revs 5k for 500 miles , what approx speed does this relate to in top gear?

65mph Tedium itself...

Cobblers to that lot

We follow these guidelines for our race bikes...

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

Originally Posted by Mike1234

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

Very interesting link and it all makes sense but why on earth would the manufacturers tell you run and engine in gently if it actually does it harm. Conspiracy theories please...