Re: [ST] Re: First Ride & Break-in

["Rick & Joyce" <wescottr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Linda Combe" wrote:

> I was trying to find a smooth comfortable speed
> without pushing too hard the first time . . .

Linda,  Congrats on your new ride.  Clearly you have impeccible
taste.

 A few thoughts on break-in:
  - For the first few heating & cooling cycles it's appropriate
to take it easy...simplistically, to give the parts which go
round & round & up & down a chance to get used to one another.
  - But once you've put a few hundred miles on her, it's
important to include increasing amounts of large throttle pulls
to seat in the rings *before* the first service.
  - And also before that first service the engine should see
full-throttle redline a time or two---not sustained high rpm
running, but visit that oh-my-gosh part of the performance
spectrum a few times.  Your engine will run better as a result &
it'll definately put a large grin on your face.

Enjoy,
Rick in Oregon, where it's sunny & 50-ish for the next few days
'01 Sprint ST - Blueish, of course and "properly" broken-in :o)
"NO Dawg"


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