Re: [St] Insurance and Break In

[Eoin Kirwan <eoinkirwan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed 07 May 2008, Bruce Parker wrote:
>
> if conventional
> break in gave them a competitive edge, there would be rooms fulls of
> motors running thousands of 'miles' at varying loads prepping for
> races.

When your engine is hand-built and money is no object, it's a different 
ballgame to a production motor as it rolls off the line.

> i watched the Harley assembly process at York, PA about twenty years
> ago. when the finished bike got to the end of the line, the tester
> rode it onto a big dyno-type drum and ran it wide open.

This explains a LOT about H-Ds ;)


Eoin

'04 ST955i

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