Motorcycle Forum / General / Off-road / September 2008

On Sep 10, 11:13 am, justwaitafrekinmin...@gmail.com wrote:

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

as he says, "This is a very controversial topic"

me? I don't think I'd do exactly what he exposes on that article, but
what he says makes sense. ymmv....

-- Tiago

<justwaitafrekinminute@gmail.com> wrote
On Sep 10, 9:39 am, HardWorkingDog <har...@mush.man> wrote:

Are you sure? This is not a 2 stroke, but I am listening...

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It's a good excuse to tell her to take it easy out there and just have fun,
go easy on the new machine, and take the first race as a learning
experience. She will have her hands full with a new machine. Nobody should
expect to win their first race anyway. Getting to the checkers is a worthy
goal. Being faster than just one other person out there is a huge victory.

I have to tell myself a lot of stuff like that when I "race".

HTH,
Dean

I have been studying all of the links and posts, thanks to all. I will
probably do a combination of all of the suggestions. The bike was run
for about 15 minutes the other day in the back yard. In the morning I
will change the oil and check the fittings and air filter on the bike
and do a good warm up then take it out for a few minutes. I will run
is somewhat hard, but shortshift to keep the rpms in the 40-50% range
for another 10-15 minutes. Do a cool down, and repeat oil change, and
short shifting to maybe 60% of range again with hard throttle applied,
but still shortshifting, cool down. Check all components, change oil
again (I know, but a few bucks now...) and probably run a little
longer, maybe a half hour running it up pretty good, but not balls to
the wall. I have told the Mouse I will probably do most of the driving
during these runs as although she may be able to handle a bike better
on the track, I am and always have been a very smooth with a clutch,
and transmission... I may do another decent run after that and
eventually look to have at least 2-3 hours on it, then take it for a
high rpm run..... Again, check components, change oil, and set the
Mouse loose on the thing..

I know some folks tell me I change oil too much, but it goes back to
my GM days.. All three of our present bikes, including the lawnmower
minibike, had their oil changed every two hours for the first 10
hours. The week the Mouse killed her 110, I just started seeing a
little blue smoke that looked like blow-by and had noticed a slight
loss of power. At the same time, by then, I figure the engine probably
had well over a hundred hours on it, and never had any adjustments or
work so the oil changes certainly didn't hurt anything. We watched the
oil come out with metal the first few changes, after it started coming
cleaner, we slowed down to changes every 10 hours.

Anyway, the site was just updated.. The frekin' track is closed again
tomorrow, this is crazy, I paid 700bucks for a season pass..
arrrrrgggg.... I know, it's not their fault, but it is so frustrating
to see that bike sitting on the trailer, now over a week. With the
Mouses one week vacation, rain, broken bike, and now rain, we have
only had two frekin' days riding in the last 5+ weeks. We are all
having withdrawals... ugh.

More to follow, hopefully we can get back on the track before it
closes for the season. And to think, this all started with a 500
dollar china clone.. ;) Who knew...?

Rowdy Mouse Racing, running laps around the living room in our sleep...