I notice the manual doesn't mention any specific RPM limits unlike my previous GSXR 750. Has anyone seen this link before ? Break In Secrets--How To Break In New Motorcycle and Car Engines For More Power Any thoughts about how or if this might relate to oil burning issues ?
i rode mine like i normally would from day one. obviously took it easy on the brakes for fors 50 miles to bed them in etc only thing i didnt do was hold full throttle or redline it until it had its oil change. otherwise just enjoyed it also let the bike heat up till the fan cam on and allowed to cool and repeated a couple of times. heard that seals the piston rings better. the engine feels better every time i ride it. now has 1300+ miles so should be well run in now
oh one more thing - i found my chain stretched alot in places and was tight in others adjust your chain every 100 miles or so for the first few hundred miles and make sure you check for tight spots mine had a massive tight spot but it seems to have gone now.
Fowlers mentioned keeping the revs below about 6k ish to me most of the time but Honda don't list anything specific in the manual Basically not to go revving the hell out of it everwhere but equally you don't want to be to gentle with it either as the piston rings need some load on them to bed in properly. Try and work up & down the gears/revs i.e. on nice bendy roads and not labour the engine to much i.e. sat on the motorway at steady rpm and try to avoid short journeys where the engine will not get upto temperature properly until bedded in.
