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> ..should you trust your new engine with this?
Oh sure. What would the maker's engineers and testers know about engines anyway?
I'm being facetious, of course. There has been no wide occurence of poorly seated rings using the manufacturer's procedure that I've ever heard of! And the only reason anyone could possibly have to think there's a "consensus" about this is just because that same BS site and others derived from it keep getting lots of mention.
Thankfully, modern engines are built well enough that most people using that method won't tear them up right away. But I don't want to own one afterward!
The manufacturer's procedure is not "babying" the engine!
Triumph feels they have very good reason for the 3500 rpm limit for the first hundred miles, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. My own dealer said not to be afraid to push it to the specified rpm limit after that, and I've been glad to do so. I don't know if I've shortchanged myself by 3-5hp for the next 50,000 miles or not. But I fully expect to make it through that 50,000 and probably the next 50,000 with no more oil consumption that I have now...which is zero. I'm doubtful how many of the beat-em-to-crap bikes will make it to that point.
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John
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