I can't wait to knock out my break-in mileage so I can get to the track! Haven't been on any good twisty roads so staying below 6k has been especially painful.
So are you saying that you're not going over 8,000rpm? Or that was just until the first service?Only stayed under 6,000rpm for the first 500km, then went to the occasional 8,000rpm until first service which I had at 1,300km. I did plenty of hills runs, up down, loading gears, compression braking etc. Now at 2,000k's it seems the occasional shift light and them motor feels good.
Keeping it under 7,500rpm until 2,500km is insane.
Overall, they don't want you to ride it like you're trying to get the best lap time on a track. Periodically easing into the higher RPM range's is apparently a good thing to do, just that it has to be a small percentage of what you do overall.What is the basis for these manufacturer recommendations?
Overall, they don't want you to ride it like you're trying to get the best lap time on a track. Periodically easing into the higher RPM range's is apparently a good thing to do, just that it has to be a small percentage of what you do overall.
I hear you both. And avigil is spot on; you can go to any online community and get 10 different opinions on a handful of methods. As I side before, I couldn't presume to know more than the r&d of a company with multiple race teams. I've had vehicles that weren't broken in by mfg recommendations so I'm not especially concerned. Things are generally made to tighter tolerances than they once were.It's funny because people's opinions about break-in are all over the map on forums. I did occasionally blip above the recommended rpm's, but not by much and not often. You can still have a ton of fun on this bike with upshifting at 8,000rpm.