Breaking in new motorcycle motor

Question

enging blew up in SD left the bike there to have the motor remanufactured, concerned about picking it up and riding it home 800 miles. Will it be okay to ride that many miles.

Answer 1

it will be fine just keep throttle under 3/4,change the rpm's periodically that a good break in ride.good luck &ride safe.

Answer 2

Sure, just take the first 500 easy, don't lock onto one speed, don't rev it high.

Answer 3

this reminds me of the movie 'the gods must be crazy'.

where the guy drives the freshly rebuilt landrover across africa and can't stop the motor because the rings are so tight, and of course hilarity ensues.

just take it easy and good luck.  watch your oil level.

Answer 4

first speak to the ones who have rebuilt it when you pick it up, they should be able to answer your questions, they rebuilt it.  It should be perfectly fine, just take it easy during the trip and dont over rev the engine, dont hold the rpm's at the same for very long, being inconsistent with the rpm's will seat the rings better. make sure you change the oil as soon as  you get home.

Answer 5

See what the owner manual say and do that. If they rebuilt the motor it basically a new motor so break it in just like the manual says.

Most likely it'll say vary engine speed, don't go over x rpms change oil after x miles.

Sorry but without know what kind of bike I can't tell you what the rpms are etc.

Answer 6

Hey, at least ya made it to Sturgis huh? (Assuming SD is South Dakoda)

I kinda agree with the other answers… but not really.

IMO Richard has the best answer.

S&S cycle has their break-in procedure online... It's a pretty standard break-in procedure - it's probably what the guyz at the shop are gonna suggest, and I'd follow it. (That first oil change is pretty important - especially if it's under warranty.)

Here's the link:

http://www.sscycle.com/modules/sstech/fa...

If the bike IS in Sturgis ya might wanna wait til people clear out so you don't get stuck in stop and go traffic in the heat with a new engine - especially if it's an air-cooled engine.

Take a ride up to Deadwood and then back through Spearfish Canyon.  Get that first 50 miles in - then take the bike back to the shop that did the engine and get that first oil change. Have them look it over and check it for leaks, loose motor mount bolts, etc.

Then do what the other guyz said; vary the speed and take it reasonably easy for the next 500 miles.

I'm just thinkin that if ya do it that way you'll be close to the shop that did the work so they can take care of any problems that may happen during the shake-down ride, you can follow a standard break-in procedure, and you won't void the warranty.

You don’t wanna get the bike 800 miles away from the shop that worked on it then have to deal with it do ya?

Don't use synthetic oil until you have 1000 miles on the new engine.

Ride safe

Answer 7

Sure, no problem.  Keep the revs down (don't red line it or accelerate super quickly).  Vary your speed occasionally.  Stop after a couple hundred miles and let the bike cool for a couple hours, then go again.  Heat cycles in the break - in period seem to help ring seating.

Change the oil and filter when you get home.

Answer 8

If it is a new motor I would not do it because the pistons have not married in well. its need atleast an oil change to ride a long distance .Manufacture recommandation is to change oil within  1st 500 kms . which is called a piston blent in .

   If it is gone through an oil change then sure you can ride 2000km or 1200 miles no problems . those are air cooled engines and are good .