runin

So for all bikes I've ever owned, the manuals talk about keeping the revs low during the breakin period. I hear now about having it done on the Dyno to get good seating of seals to avoid oil leaks and other problems later. I assume that means some high-revs. How to reconcile these? What's right?

Well its a special night, I just got my V4S back from its 1000km oil change. I will say I wasn't too pleased about the $250 bill for an oil and filter change but i'm sure all that will be forgotten the first time it goes over the 6000rpm mark for the first time. Has anyone else got any...

Just had the 1000km service done on my Tricolore. As part of this the Termi cans were put on. I have ridden about 150km since then and have noticed the bike seems to run cooler. Before the service the coolant temp would average around 85C-90C and up to 105C in traffic. But now it seems to...

So there seems to be a school of thought that 1199's that are run-in hard are less likely to smoke upon start up, but evidence is anecdotal and a little contradictory sometimes. The purpose of this poll is to gather some hard data. Please answer the poll once you've covered at least 600 miles...

It always amazes me how lay people debate the designing engineers regarding breaking in a new motor. Every motorcycle that I've ever owned clearly indicated in the owners manual not to over rev the motor for the first several hundred miles. Yet, even the dealer who sold me my 1199 recommended...