On-line bike repair info & motor break-in

 I've been away from the n/g for more than a week, dealing with
a psycho client... and no one asked, "Where's Sean? Hope he didn't
bin it." [sigh] [oh well]

Anyway, I ran across this on-line repair course which might
(or might not) be useful to someone.

http://www.dansmc.com/MC_repaircourse.htm

Since I'm planning (after a lot of consideration and finally being
convinced by a bike expert*) to get a Hinckley Bonneville I became
concerned about the best break-in procedure. This is Idaho Dan's wisdom
on the subject:

http://www.dansmc.com/engine_breakin.htm

Any comments on the above appreciated.

TIA, Sean_Q_
* He's a riding instructor with some other specialized qualifications.
Strangely enough he also works a local (non-Triumph) dealership
in the accessories dept.

 Sean_Q_ wrote:

I've seen suggestions ranging from babying to lots of burnouts.  The
common denominator seems to be frequent varying of engine speed.

 


No, it isn't.  It is Idaho Dan's OPINION on the subject.

With your new bike you will get an owner's manual.
In there it gives the recommendation from the people who designed and built
your engine for how to go about breaking it in.

Why do you think that Idaho Dan might know more about breaking it in than
the people who built it??

This is one of several "discussions that never die" and it just proves that
there is, indeed, no limit on stupidity.

And, no, I didn't follow the link.  No reason to.

 Who Me? wrote:

I'll give you one, even if the site isn't perfect, it has quite of lot
of useful info / data apart from his opinions.  It's been around for
some years, although I hadn't noticed the break-in page before I had
found a bunch of others interesting.


Anybody who doesn't read an owner's manual critically is likely to make
sme mistake or other since most of them have ssme error or other, not
counting the translation errors some of which would be incomprehensible
to anybody but an expert in the particular model of bike.  Besides, the
main points are often watered-down or even distorted by the mfr's legal
proof-readers who know that in most countries the moron's money is just
as good as anybody's so saying nothing in plenty of words is the best
way to avoid lawsuits

 


You get one big NO SHIT! on that one.

If it gets any worse, they will be publishing the entire "rules of the road"
AND an Red Cross first aid book along with the  real owner's manual.