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Maybe fire hasn't seen the threads where 5% of the engine accumulates on the drain plug at each oil change
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I'm confused. When the OP asks for people's opinions/perspective, are we now not supposed to give them?
And, if a Youtube video is full of holes, are we supposed to follow it nonetheless?
And, if someone has a different opinion to ours, should we then try and aggressively force our opinion over their's?
Just trying to clarify the forum rules. It's so confusing.
And, if a Youtube video is full of holes, are we supposed to follow it nonetheless?
And, if someone has a different opinion to ours, should we then try and aggressively force our opinion over their's?
Just trying to clarify the forum rules. It's so confusing.
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It's pretty simple, if you want to know how to run in your 40k, 215hp plus desmodromic bike; RTFM!
If you want to take a shortcut and get free high quality advice from not the factory then go on a forum drop the equivalent to which oil is best question, stand back and watch the monkeys throw .... at each other.
If you want to take a shortcut and get free high quality advice from not the factory then go on a forum drop the equivalent to which oil is best question, stand back and watch the monkeys throw .... at each other.
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Hands up if you have been to the factory and done the tour….. see what occurs with each bike before it leaves the production line…. 
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They rev them out for sure but its low load and for a short time
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Anyone have any idea why Ducati doesn’t just set the rev limit to 6k for the first 600 miles and require a dealer reset or unlock at the time of the first service? I confirmed this weekend at COTA that is what bmw is doing with new s1000rr’s.
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It seems like an easy win if they want people to follow the break in. I know the tach turns yellow at 6k until the service to remove it has been done, but it'll let you rev past it.
Reading the manual without discretion has its downside. I say this because the manual is written for legal reasons as well. Take tire pressure for example. So, it is completely reasonable to question the documentation. It's great to see people seek further understanding.
I think simply assuming break in is synonymous with ring sealing alone is where a lot of back and forth is coming from. Motorcycles have many parts and systems. From what i understand the rings break in very quickly and majority of that happens in factory. But, there are many other systems that would benefit from further breakin. Brake pads and rotors for example. Also, emissions take time to calibrate completely.
So, break in isn't just a conversation regarding piston rings. No one is outright wrong and critical thinking is prudent.
Most people are smarter than you think. But apparently most are also angrier than you would think as well!
I think simply assuming break in is synonymous with ring sealing alone is where a lot of back and forth is coming from. Motorcycles have many parts and systems. From what i understand the rings break in very quickly and majority of that happens in factory. But, there are many other systems that would benefit from further breakin. Brake pads and rotors for example. Also, emissions take time to calibrate completely.
So, break in isn't just a conversation regarding piston rings. No one is outright wrong and critical thinking is prudent.
Most people are smarter than you think. But apparently most are also angrier than you would think as well!
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They dont like their owners arguing on forums?
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The opposite, they do! It's the Italian way :'D
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Free will. Ducati as an Italian company is rooted in Catholicism and the run-in is like Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. On one hand, you can be Adam and be a boy scout and run the bike in according to the manual. On the other, you can be Eve and get cray and do lines of coke off an apple and throw caution to the wind.
Or Luigi was lazy and didn’t feel like writing that code.
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I was gonna say the same - they must want us arguing. If they didn’t, they’d lock the break-in rev limit and only unlock it when you come in for the first service. lol
I can't speak for Ducati but i know from first hand that the factory BMW EWC team engines have a running-in periode of 800km at 8000 rpm. The factory is very serious about this running-in periode so who am I to think different then.
There engines (M1000RR) are build at the factory and not a privateer.
I don't think it's legal to limit the RPM's during the running-in periode for safety reasons on a road bike.
There engines (M1000RR) are build at the factory and not a privateer.
I don't think it's legal to limit the RPM's during the running-in periode for safety reasons on a road bike.
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I don’t know if it’s legal or not, but a friend of mine recently took delivery and he reported that the rev limit was locked until being unlocked at the first service.
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legal?
What bike was that?
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