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Originally Posted by syquestrd270
I bought a new Ninja 250 a little over a month ago. The break-in period is really long and it kinda sucks, but the bike is quite fun to ride. Check www.ninja250.org if you haven't already. There's a huge support base and all kinds of great info. |
you fell for the trap. Break in periods are designed to make sure that if somehting major goes wrong, it goes wrong outside of your warranty.
best way to break in a bike is to drop it in first, whack the throttle until you hit redline, then close throttle completely until you drop to about 1500rpm, then repeat.
then change the oil within the first 20 miles, not this 600 mile nonsense.
The cross-hatch patter on the cylinder walls wears off very quickly, regardless of wether the cylinder rings have bedded in properly or not. If the rings don't get bedded in you'll have decreased compression, increased oil comsumption, and it wont be as good as it could be.