Hi all. Cant believe I picked up my Blade today in this snowy weather but I did..Bloody cold ride back from swindon..Anyway to the point. My manual states 300 miles. .this seems a bit low..any preferences and how far I should go or should I stick to the manual. ..cheers
Spot on only 300 miles just make sure you wash all that shit off today or you won't have a bike worthy of a 1st service
Brave man with that snow! If manual says 300miles you have covered anything to protect your warrantee so just do that. If you run them in too slow for too long I'm sure it's just as bad for the engine as not running in at all
To be honest I've been told most manufacturers bench test all their engines before they leave the factory so it's already been at 13K! When ever you read New Launch bike tests in the mags which are laid on by the manufacturer at some race circuit around the world, they usually have 10-20 brand new bikes for the Press to thrape. Time and time again the testers mention that these bikes have literally only a few miles on the clock so should perform better once loosened up. If this was a problem then they would have all the bikes run in to 500 miles or so by their own Test Riders before the Journo's get their mitts on em. The run in period and first service, I'm told, is more to do with checking for loose nuts & bolts, checking chain tension, brake, clutch & throttle adjustments and replacing the thin Oil with higher viscosity Oil.
Nicely nicely gently gently working it a little harder every 100 miles. 600 miles then give it DEATH !!!!
Agreed... FWIW I'd consider it more important to run it in HOT (Which means longer, fewer runs) than almost anything else. Apart from too many revs of course... And lugging the motor... Not keeping the same speed (revs) IIUC has 2 effects... #1, you run at different gears, which means ALL the gears get to wear in together. #2 I've always wondered about sympathetic vibrations causing odd wear... Varying the speed and revs would tend to eliminate that before the metals harden up fully (The bedding in should do the same as forging... Making the metal denser and harder. You want that to happen evenly(). Anyway... You want it hot (running temperature) for as many of the miles as possible. metal expands (Sorry, teaching people how to suck eggs here) in the heat, so you want everything the correct running size (temp) when they (The moving parts) are bedding in against each other... FWIW mine just clocked over 301 miles yesterday as I got home... (1 week old . Congrats on yours BTW... 4 days of commuting for me and it's great (Apart from the traffic in London of course) H
