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April 22nd, 2013, 07:18 PM
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Name: Whodat
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Break-In Period
I never knew there was a break-in period. But now thanks to this very forum I found out there is.
http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=130528
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April 22nd, 2013, 07:20 PM
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Jigglin' your Jiglets
Name: Sean
Location: San Jose, Ca
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2 threads are better than 1
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April 22nd, 2013, 10:24 PM
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Track Clown
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I just read what the manual said and thought **** that no more then 4000rpm for the first 500 miles and no more then 6000 for the next 500 (1000 total), so i just broke it in by riding mountain roads.
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April 22nd, 2013, 11:04 PM
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B-Town Ninja
Name: Nathan
Location: Bloomington, IN
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If I had a nickle for every person that told me I was wrong and stupid for redlining my new motorcycle so often....
It annoys me that people continue to ignore credible break-in methods just because the factory manual says one thing. I could understand if they didn't want to believe the information on the motoman website... lets face it, it could pass for a 1992 Geocities page. What doesn't make sense is this method has been continually tested with similar results. Probably one of my newest pet peeves in motorcyclist as it KEEPS coming up when people see my temp. license plate.
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April 23rd, 2013, 07:37 AM
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April 23rd, 2013, 07:51 AM
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For all who are interested, here's a study on engine wear starting with a brand new engine.
One of the conclusions was that after 1 hour, the concentration of metal shavings was quite high. In addition, after 3.5 hours, the rate of engine wear reached a low steady-state level (read: normal). Again, this is after only 3.5 hours of use. Take what you'd like from this research and apply it to the physical break-in procedure; I'm not going to go into that in this post. However, remember that the findings of this research emphasize the need for an early (after roughly 1 hour of run time) oil change with a new engine. The findings also conclude that engine wear reaches a normal rate after roughly 3.5 hours of run time. Basically, the manufacturer recommended break-in procedure is overkill. |
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April 23rd, 2013, 08:00 AM
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ninjette.org member
Name: Steve
Location: Toronto, Canada
Join Date: Feb 2013 Motorcycle(s): '13 GSX-R600, '09 Ninja 250, 04 SV 650 (track) Posts: 157
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This was posted in our fb group when the new 300 owners were asking about the break in period...
http://www.ntnoa.org/enginebreakin.htm |
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April 23rd, 2013, 08:13 AM
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ninjette.org certified postwhore
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There was no mention of the break-in procedure for the rear brake. I wonder if you should use it sparingly, a few hard braking stops, used in combination with the front brake, or not use it at all. I wish someone knew the right answer.
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