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Breaking her in

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  • 14-11-2003 8:15pm
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    Emboss
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    right I've heard so many stories and different ways to break an engine in

    drive for 500 miles and then let the beast out

    drive hard at high revs using engine breaking etc

    what is your preferred method ?

    (motorbikes)


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    Typedef
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    Engine breaking is good.

    A good long pull upto the Wicklow mountains and then out to Howth and back home should give you a feel...I'd say, but, it'll still take you about 2-3 weeks to break it in properly.

    Assuming 'normal' to-from work/going shopping paradigm.


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    Emboss
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    well was looking for a different way than your usuall just drive like a granny for a few hundred miles then let her out

    like the driving really hard in low gears 1-2-3 3-2-1 using engine breaking to break hard forcing it to bed in thus not having to do the 500 miles job and making the bike actually more powerfull

    how true this i have no idea

    anyone done it ?


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    Mutz
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    If its brand new, just take it easy. Don't get too enthusiastic with your driving for the first 1000 miles or whatever your mileage manual says. They wouldn't write it in there if there was no reason.


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    Emboss
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    naw the bike is a few years old but just got a top end rebuild

    i'm just curious about it

    i read somewhere i shouldn't overclock a cpu that stopped me...doing it eh never..:)


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    Mutz
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    Lol - I'm only after seeing the " (motorbikes) " part now - sorry bout that ;)


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