How naughty can I be after 1st service?!

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Hi guys,

My bike is about to have its first service next week after clocking up a measly 550 miles,due to severe snow/rain here in the UK. Ive kept it below 6K rpm,hitting the 7K limit a few times as recommended by manual/dealer. After the service,do I have to be carefull on giving it 'full beans',or can it be redlined/rode how it was made to?!

It doesnt feel like its worn in since new as much as I thought it would! Did any of you guys notice a big change from new to the fist service?

Thanks in advance
 
Yes very noticeable,the engine grunt smoother and I feel much much power, when it hit 8k rpm you take off :D
 
My question is why weren't you naughtier sooner?

Do some googling for "engine break in modern motorcycle".
 
Theres always been the big debate on whether to follow the manufacturers recommendations or 'ride like you stole it' to break in a motorcycle. I decided to take it easy (below 6K) until the first service. I think its because in the back of my mind this was alot more £ than my previous bikes.

So the ride home from the dealers after the service,il really see what all the fuss is about! So far its been pretty embarassing trying to keep with all my mates 600/1000s,but they knew I was running her in ;)
 
This sadly is an age old argument with neither side giving way.

For what it is worth I ran my bike in per the book for the first 600 miles. According to the manual, one is not supposed to exceed (I think) 7,000rpm until 1,500 miles.

I am at 1,200 miles and have ridden somewhere between book and hard. Should this weather ever pick up, I will be riding as if I stole it from now on. Sadly on my roads it is not that easy to do and track days will probably be the only way to push this bike.
 
I wonder if Ducati broke in the R's by the book for the unveiling event before they ripped them? HIGHLY doubt it!
 
there is no doubt that its probably "safer" for Ducati to recommend a gradual break in. THere is less likelihood of problems popping up and issues that do will tend to be less "catostrophic". The engine that is properly broken in will be just fine. There is a school of thought that you should hammer the hell out of the engine to seat/set a lot of things in the engine that work better if this happens in the first 100 miles as well. . That belief is that the engine will be a "better performing" engine if done this way. Neither is right or wrong - just different schools of thought

There are people who break it in as per manufacturer recommendations.
There are people who will track it and hammer the hell out of it. .

Come to think about it - there will also be people who hammer the hell out of it and say they babied it (especially if a problem arises), and there are people who say they hammered the hell out of it and actually babied it :)
 
I reccomend not servicing your bike until you reach 621 miles (1,000 KM), when the service light comes on. Otherwise, the light will come on and you will have to return to the dealer. To have your dash light service indicator reset. The book recommends keeping the revs below 7,000 RPM for a while longer (1,500 miles or something like that), which is what I did.
 
As always, we all do things in different ways when it comes to this hugely controversial topic. I have shyed away from "recommending" or "telling" others how they SHOULD do this or that due to so many differed points of view. I just know what has worked for me, without issues, time and time again.
 
Gunny Fitz said:
As always, we all do things in different ways when it comes to this hugely controversial topic. I have shyed away from "recommending" or "telling" others how they SHOULD do this or that due to so many differed points of view. I just know what has worked for me, without issues, time and time again.
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Agree. Whatever method, just be sure to FULLY warm it up (oil takes longer to warm up than the coolant - at least in cars I've had both gauges). I also am careful to run it easy before shutting it down to be sure the oil has returned to "normal" operating temperature.
 
Gunny Fitz said:
As always, we all do things in different ways when it comes to this hugely controversial topic. I have shyed away from "recommending" or "telling" others how they SHOULD do this or that due to so many differed points of view. I just know what has worked for me, without issues, time and time again.
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Huh? :)

Gunny Fitz said:
Should've been "FULL BEANS" since day one mate.
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I am not picking a fight, this just made me smile.
 
I get back from deployment and pick up my new 1199 in 2 weeks. Newport Ducati is 65 miles from my house. That means I will put about 64 break-in miles on it and that last mile will be what I like to call "Full Retard". :eek:
 
Sweet !!!

Aviper684 said:
I get back from deployment and pick up my new 1199 in 2 weeks. Newport Ducati is 65 miles from my house. That means I will put about 64 break-in miles on it and that last mile will be what I like to call "Full Retard". :eek:
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OOHRAH brother! Great motivation to get back home for man! I love Newport Beach Ducati, used to go there while at Pendleton. Stay safe and hope they took care of you on it there?
 
anthem said:
there is no doubt that its probably "safer" for Ducati to recommend a gradual break in. THere is less likelihood of problems popping up and issues that do will tend to be less "catostrophic". The engine that is properly broken in will be just fine. There is a school of thought that you should hammer the hell out of the engine to seat/set a lot of things in the engine that work better if this happens in the first 100 miles as well. . That belief is that the engine will be a "better performing" engine if done this way. Neither is right or wrong - just different schools of thought

There are people who break it in as per manufacturer recommendations.
There are people who will track it and hammer the hell out of it. .

Come to think about it - there will also be people who hammer the hell out of it and say they babied it (especially if a problem arises), and there are people who say they hammered the hell out of it and actually babied it :)
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There's 1 real risk to the "ride it like you stole it" mentality: done wrong, a person can screw up their engine. Glazed cylinder walls is a good example. I follow the manufacturer's recommended run in simply because bikes nowadays are getting smarter than our smartphones. Dunno how much info Ducati can pull from the ecu. BMW swears they can pull a lot tho.

If something were to happen, like my engine grenades during breakin (or shortly after), I don't want some tech looking at a single line in a datalog and saying "right there is where he screwed himself". And since I'm not a racer, 5 or so potential hp don't mean anything to me :p
 
Styler said:
I reccomend not servicing your bike until you reach 621 miles (1,000 KM), when the service light comes on. Otherwise, the light will come on and you will have to return to the dealer. To have your dash light service indicator reset.
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I had my first service at 590mi and the service light didn't come on at 621mi. Just that awesome color change on the RPMs!
 

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