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If you are not going to ride according to OEM recommendations to keep warranty up (at least KTM used to be below RPM X for some hours), then just go as normal. ECU record will anyway be screwed if you do you own brake in schedule.
If you ride like you should, you use first session as warm up and checking track so if there is a leak or strange sound coming you will notice it. Come back, check bolts and spokes.
That's it. No need to go easy for mechanical reasons. Change oil and filter after first ride day. Grease everything up if you want to.
Most shop techs get paid about 45 mins to pdi, oil filter and do a bolt check etc. Most importantly they run and ride the bike, if it is going to have a failure manufacturer it will be early, and it has happened before so the importance in the pdi is really to run and ride it and confirm it goes through gears and the rev range fine with no leaks or creaks.
No fault of theirs but when you get home you should give the bike a good grease job, and then proceed to ride the shit out of it, oil change after the first ride and go from there!
Just ride the thing like you would any other time. I do grease the linkage and the steering stem bearings after the first ride cause they are mostly dry and change the oil after the first ride but other than that let her eat. Race bikes are framed every week and get a brand new motor every week and they just get on them and beat the piss out of it harder than you or me ever thought about and they are fine.
Right? Grease what needs greased, tweet the valves riding it and making sure things are good through trans and then let her eat like normal. After first day of riding swap oil and oil filter and then your good
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I purchased a new yz250 last year. I've had plenty of bikes over the years but this was my first time getting a brand new bike. Took people's advice to disassemble the linkage, steering stem etc to grease them. Was a big waste of time, yamaha did an excellent job greasing these parts at the factory.
As for engine break in, I always do a heat cycle right after assembly at home in the garage. Then do another heat cycle at the track at about 1/2 throttle or less. Then ride er like usual after that. It's close to what the manual says, and has always worked for me. You will always get different opinions on this topic.
Do you cut the fenders before or after you paint them?
After I paint, and right before the rear paddle tire goes on 👍
Change oil once from the dealer to make sure its got enough and the right stuff.
Oil up filter.
Ride it like normal
It’s not about the amount of grease, it’s the quality of it.
Re grease everything before riding it. Let it warm up once really good and break it in just how you ride it. Change oil after 45 minutes on your hour meter.
What do you lube the spoke nipples with? I'm always having trouble with spokes seizing
Stop it's broken in at the factory you are putting premature wear on your engine
Now we are really putting my english to test.
I don’t know the correct word for it but it’s like a wax that that you use to spray in the frame and caveties on cars to prevent rust.
When that hardens it creates a layer that will seal out water and dirt from the threads but you can still adjust the spokes. It wont harden like loctite but it will tighten up the things a little bit.
I use the same on the triple clamp bolts, fork protector bolts, fork lugs and tank bolts to prevent seizing and still make it harder for the bolts to come loose.
I think that the correct term would be cavity wax after i googled it.
I had 5 Alta's and some of the advantages of electric MX bikes is zero break in for the motor and zero air filters.
As slow as I’ve gotten over the years, every ride is a break-in ride..
They might get started at the dealer but the only riding would be if it's a street bike and they have to do an inspection.
ATV's and Side by Sides get driven a lot while at the dealer because they typically store them in the shop area and have to drive them outside every day.
Simple, grip it and rip it. Change the oil & oil filter after first ride. Then maintain it per owners manual.
Thanks, worked at a shop for years in the past and my fiancé has been a finance manager for almost 20yrs. I'm well aware of what goes on and your dirt bikes are ridden after assembly and prior to delivery. It's part of the PDI process. Between the factory and the PDI process, rings are already set and worn into the cylinder. This heat cycle stuff when you get it home is really not necessary.
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Wow that's wild! How many hours do they put on new dirtbikes before they sell them?
idk why you would do anything other than what the manual says. It's really not that difficult they usually spell it out on like page 5 of every manual lol.
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