Breakin' in a New Bobber
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Breakin' in a New Bobber
This is my first bike right outta the crate. Any tips/suggestions on the break-in period? The MoCo owner's manual just says no prolonged/sustained rpms and stay below 3000 for 500 miles. Is that it? THANKS!
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RE: Breakin' in a New Bobber
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This is my first bike right outta the crate. Any tips/suggestions on the break-in period? The MoCo owner's manual just says no prolonged/sustained rpms and stay below 3000 for 500 miles. Is that it? THANKS!
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This is my first bike right outta the crate. Any tips/suggestions on the break-in period? The MoCo owner's manual just says no prolonged/sustained rpms and stay below 3000 for 500 miles. Is that it? THANKS!
Pics when I get 'em...
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RE: Breakin' in a New Bobber
ORIGINAL: Snarly
It's spelled out in the owners manual...worked for me for years.
ORIGINAL: hd_sob
This is my first bike right outta the crate. Any tips/suggestions on the break-in period? The MoCo owner's manual just says no prolonged/sustained rpms and stay below 3000 for 500 miles. Is that it? THANKS!
Pics when I get 'em...
STeve
This is my first bike right outta the crate. Any tips/suggestions on the break-in period? The MoCo owner's manual just says no prolonged/sustained rpms and stay below 3000 for 500 miles. Is that it? THANKS!
Pics when I get 'em...
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RE: Breakin' in a New Bobber
First off, Howdy, welcome to the forum. Second, there are going to be serveral different ideas about to break in a new Harley. When I got mine, I just followed the manual, worked for me. Enjoy the ride.
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RE: Breakin' in a New Bobber
Just take it easy for the first 500 and you'll be fine!
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RE: Breakin' in a New Bobber
Broke my Dyna in by the book: no problems.
Broke my RG in with hard acceleration - hard deceleration: no problems.
Broke my 98" in by not exceeding 4000 rpm and running it hard between 2500 rpm to 4000 rpm for the first 50 miles then riding normaly but not exceeding 4000 until 500 miles: no problems.
Folks, it's a Harley not a cream puff. As somebody said in their sig, "Ride it like you stole it!"
Broke my RG in with hard acceleration - hard deceleration: no problems.
Broke my 98" in by not exceeding 4000 rpm and running it hard between 2500 rpm to 4000 rpm for the first 50 miles then riding normaly but not exceeding 4000 until 500 miles: no problems.
Folks, it's a Harley not a cream puff. As somebody said in their sig, "Ride it like you stole it!"
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RE: Breakin' in a New Bobber
When my DXI was new, I broke it in by the book - it used a fair amount of oil up to the 1st service, and carried on doing so up to 2000 miles when I had the 95 kit installed (new bores/pistons etc). After this, I broke it in as per Motoman's* methods and in the 1500 miles I've done since, the bike's used no oil at all - and it runs much smoother too.
*This is also what the mechs at me dealer say to do. Don't *****-foot around with it - just make sure the motor's warm, find a good long downhill stretch of road, get the motor to 2500rpm or so then, in 3rd gear open the throttle WIDE and accelerate up to at least 5000rpm (no need to rev it much higher) then shut the throttle, letting the bike coast under its own momentum until the rpm's get down to just above idle. Repeat this a few times in 2nd, 3rd & 4th gears.
Having broken engines in both ways over the last 25 years, I'll do the Motoman way every time. It works.
*This is also what the mechs at me dealer say to do. Don't *****-foot around with it - just make sure the motor's warm, find a good long downhill stretch of road, get the motor to 2500rpm or so then, in 3rd gear open the throttle WIDE and accelerate up to at least 5000rpm (no need to rev it much higher) then shut the throttle, letting the bike coast under its own momentum until the rpm's get down to just above idle. Repeat this a few times in 2nd, 3rd & 4th gears.
Having broken engines in both ways over the last 25 years, I'll do the Motoman way every time. It works.