Re: [ST] Orange County Triumph

["William A. Flowers" <wflowers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Previously, you (Charlie McCullough) wrote:
> I recently (past couple of weeks) bought a new '99 ST from a dealer whose
> advice was to "follow the sticker the first 100 mi. and then ride it like
> you stole it".

Similar to the advice I was given.  I was told to make the first hundred
miles a series of shorter rides to let the engine go through a number of
full warm-up cool-down cycles.  After that don't abuse the engine but
don't worry about exceeding the break-in RPM schedule.  Before the first
oil change I was also told "you should be riding it like you stole it".

The experience of the mechanic and the information he'd brought home
from a Triumph training session indicated that the engines were not
being fully broken in for many thousands of miles -- sometimes as much
as 20,000 miles -- because people were being too gentle and the early
switch to fully synthetic oil.

I don't know if this is true; it was just what was told to me.

I'm now (finally) aproaching 10,000 miles and this bike just keeps
getting better and better! There are no problems except the bikes I ride
have this tendency to want to lay down on the job.  ;-(

- --
Bill "Bench Dawg" Flowers
Clearwater FL
'00 Sapphire Blue ST "Jewel"


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