Triumphrat

panofish

I had my first ride today, since I badly broke my left arm back in Sept 2007.
It was also on my new thruxton. It now has 12 miles on it.
Any advice on the break in?

THANKS

redninja

yeah,,,twist it till the handle breaks off

hobbes80

Congrats on the bike! I'm 175 miles into my break-in. I've varied the engine speed, kept it away from redline, just generally tried to be "nice" to it... though I've spanked it once or twice just to keep the grin going.

the two schools of thought on breaking in a motor that I have heard are:
1) Gentle/varied -- which is to kind of baby it, not get too hard into it, keep the rpms well away from redline until around 500miles to let the engine work in, then change the oil to get any birs that may have worked loose out of the engine.

2) Drive it how you would drive it normally so the engine is "used" to the way you ride.

I'm of the first school...