Hi All,

        My old softie 88 had a run in style of varying speeds up to 80kmh for the first 1000km.  What's the recommended practice by you guys for the new 96cu?  The dealer has said vary the speeds but no speed limit, this doesn't seem right...

 

 

Merry Christmas to you and your families.

dont lug it or thrash it s ring

Thanks guys, I just picked it up and the smiling has started...now I just need to fit the slip-ons so I can hear it

controversial topic and long before the internet in the days when doing a valve grind was a common job the mechanic's I did my apprentiship with taught me how to run a new engine in. The way they taught me is just about word for word the procedure described on the link below, Not sure if you will just be able to click on it so you may have to copy and paste. I have done this on every engine I have built be it for a bike, car, boat , truck and have never had an oil burner.

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

All good info here, just ride it mate, two things you don't do with new motors, one you don't lug it, two you don't let it get hot. with air cooled motors riding at a fast speed helps keep it cool, riding at a slow speed in traffic idling a lot will make it hot, if they get too hot they glaz the bore stuff the ring seating process. but the fine stones they use to finish the bore these days don't take long to seat rings.

i have seen new HD's run in at the drag strip, seen it a lot of times over the years. i run mine in at the track these days and it flys.

have fun with it mate.

cheers

Thats Good info from OZrodder, too many read that  online flat out run in is best, but with Harleys you need to keep them from getting too hot, as i said i have seen many new harleys run off show room floor and down the quarter mile, it's not what a dealer or  the factory would recomend to customers they are covering with warranty. but it works ok as you just warm your motor up then go down quarter flat out through the gears, then ride easy up return road, then shut motor off. it gets to cool down before the next pass. thats important, i put a fan on mine to cool it down. but from a new build i do heat cycles before going to the track.

when my motor was pulled compleatly apart bore looked good.

Also good idea like OR says change oil , inspect oil & filter, they always have metal from a new build, But Cow who always does my motor is fanatical about cleaning the grit out of the barrels after honing to size, some don't go to as much trouble so you can have stone grit still in the bore.

 

 

Ok, it looks like we all agree on no lugging. At under 100km right now I'm not comfortable with opening it out yet. The comments regarding most debris build-up in the first 150km and synthetic oil were interesting. It seems like synthetic oil is another debate for another thread.

Scotty, that micro-welding article went over my head. I got two things, one was that the factory might have assembled a 'dirty' motor and over-heating is a bad

Hi Ozroder, sorry to bring this up again....... but when doing the 1/2 throttle pulls and then later when doing the 3/4 throttle pulls..... what rpm are you getting up to? Do I still need to keep it below a certain rpm? or take it up to the rev limiter??

Thanks again, berms.