I'm a terrible person...

Ok, Ok I admit it! I didn't wait 600 miles to take the VFR up past Vtech RPM! :frown:
People say baby it baby it, but noooo impatience won the war. Only 80 miles into the break-in I had to lay on the throttle on an onramp or two. Maybe I'll baby it now for a few hundred miles, but I just needed to feel the pull. :biggrin:
So now the question... as long as you let it warm up well, never lug it, and vary the RPM a lot during the break in (i.e. lots of engine braking, shifting) am I really going to hurt it pushing it to 11K or so RPMs? :blah:
Let me know what you think, and may the VFR gods have mercy on my soul...

 

Good job whats ya know someone with some common sense when breaking a bike in, you did good no worries, as long as you changed the oil too before 600 mile. I'm a firm believer in get the crud out asap, so if you haven't yet, go to it right now. you did good ..

 

VFR break in

Well I also confess to visiting 7000 vtec operation after about 100 miles on the clock. Have done oil and filter change at 150 miles. The manual seems to say it is ok to get on it after 300 miles. Any way got 650 miles on her now cosisting of some all out going through the gears and power wheelies. She is running fine. I say go ahead be safe and enjoy. BBuck

 

I was looking for that too Reg. with no luck, so if you find it, post it up..

 

Thanks for the votes! Im thinking I will be nice to her till 300, maybe rev it high once per ride, but after 300, its an oil change and game on.
I asked the service dept. at my dealer (which is apparently one of the oldest in the country and has two of the best mechanics, who knew?) and they didnt agree that I should change the oil before 600 miles. Even though I think everyone and their cousin merle does a change with non-synthetic earlier than 600.
Gimme the good word, ive got a snowstorm coming, so I will be in the garage making "vroom" noises for the next week at least.

 

My first time around the block I went above the 6600 mark, didn't realize I was there already, no worries here.

 

If you read the manual I think it actually says that something like you shouldn't expose the engine to "sustained operation above x." Meaning you shouldn't hold it wide open for extended periods, but that occassional blips above that are fine.

 

Everytime I break in a new bike I change the oil and filter at 600 miles, but...I exchange the oil drain plug for a magnetic drain plug. I also do not believe in having the dealership's service dept. do the 600 miles "$ervice".

 

That's the key right there.

When I got my '86 VFR, I was faced with a 5 hour ride home from the dealership on flat, straight boring interstate type roads.

To combat the continuous speed droning on the highway, I routinely shifted down to 5th, 4th, ran in 4th for a short while, honked on the throttle a bit, upshift to 5th, 6th, etc, etc, lather, rinse, repeat.

After I got it home, I basically continued to ride it for the remainder of the breakin period in a spirited fashion, varying the RPM's, not lugging or holding it at redline either, short bursts, lots of shifting, etc as indicated in bold above.

If it makes any difference to anyone, that bike never burned a drop of oil in 14 years and 53,000km (I kid you not, I NEVER ONCE added oil), and it ran as strong the day I sold it than it ever did.

Take it for what it's worth. :shrugs:

 

I use to call on a lot of Car dealerships and Motorcycle shops and one thing I always noticed is how the mechanics never agreed on the proper way to break in a engine, seemed about 50/50 on babying them or driving like hell right off the bat...

 

Ah ha, found it, here ya go. It is, what it is. http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

 

thanks everyone, im thinking the same recipe, not loony but hard a few times a ride, just for kicks. At least until 300 mi.
I wonder if the process is different for different bike manufacturers? It would be interesting to see how one breaks in a 1098!


Anyhow, thanks again!

 

I know that one.:smile: On a dyno. that's what I'll be doing when the time comes, no lolly gagging around for me.

99% of all engines made should use the same rule.