Skyway6
Well-known member
Not meaning to start a whole break in war, may be inevitable but..
Just something i wonder about. Most know the several ways people say to break in a bike.
Some baby it. keep in below 5k for the first 1000km. drive it like you stole it etc
Even some manuals offer vague ways to break in.
but after watching the docu-series "Full Throttle" about all the steps on how the major players build the bikes we love.
The one theme across all of them is they take every bike off the end of the assembly line. fill with fluids and into a booth.
They then reef it thru all the gears and the fulll rev range right up to redline. Not even letting the bike warm up. The bikes are run HARD. Doing everything we are told not to or we will destroy our bike. So does every bike built come ready with a pre-destroyed motor? or is motor already broken in at the factory?
if i recall correctly, Even MV Augusta - takes a freshly built motor meant for a 100k euro bike - runs it HARD for one hour
and only after it passes this test is it deemed worthy to be installed in a bike.
i am thinking motors are already broken in at the factory. it is the other bits of the bike that need a bit of time. Brakes - rotors/pads etc etc.
Just something i wonder about. Most know the several ways people say to break in a bike.
Some baby it. keep in below 5k for the first 1000km. drive it like you stole it etc
Even some manuals offer vague ways to break in.
but after watching the docu-series "Full Throttle" about all the steps on how the major players build the bikes we love.
The one theme across all of them is they take every bike off the end of the assembly line. fill with fluids and into a booth.
They then reef it thru all the gears and the fulll rev range right up to redline. Not even letting the bike warm up. The bikes are run HARD. Doing everything we are told not to or we will destroy our bike. So does every bike built come ready with a pre-destroyed motor? or is motor already broken in at the factory?
if i recall correctly, Even MV Augusta - takes a freshly built motor meant for a 100k euro bike - runs it HARD for one hour
and only after it passes this test is it deemed worthy to be installed in a bike.
i am thinking motors are already broken in at the factory. it is the other bits of the bike that need a bit of time. Brakes - rotors/pads etc etc.