Hi I am just about to pick up my new cbr when I say new 33 miles on the clock, how do I go about breaking it in, what revs I am limited to ? this is my first bike in many years hence the ???, I have rode and owned few bikes but nothing like this, took a bike refresher training course before I made the big leap, thanks.

 

The book said just ride it and basically don't to stupid stuff (full throttle starts) for the first few hundred miles. The guys at my dealership both the sales guys and the mechanics) said pretty much the same thing. Mine just hit 1100 miles and has been great. I haven't babied it but I haven't thrashed it either.

 

Thanks for that, hoping to pick it up tomorrow, only had a test ride on it.

 

I changed the oil at 600 miles and kept the rpms under 7-8k. After 1000 mile no limits on rpms.

 

I have the same bike as you and my Honda dealer I bought it from told me ... "just use half the rev range for now and don't labour it for 300 miles". I don't think "running in" is as critical as it once was since engine components are made to much higher tolerances and higher grade materials that last so much longer ... I simply nursed mine for the first 100 miles or so then used up to about 6-7,000 rpm for the next 300 miles as they told me ... in the old days it used to be about a 1000 miles for the break in procedure if I remember correctly and about 5,000 rpm max.

I would just ride her normally and use a max rev ceiling of 7,000 rpm for about 300-400 miles, then after that don't go straight up to 15K, maybe use upto 10K for the next 100-200 miles, old habits of break in are hard to die I guess ..lol

 

I just got 650 miles on my bike...When i bought mine 0 miles on the clock, the sales guy said Honda recommended to stay below 7.5K rpm the first 500 miles, but he said their mechanic said after 300 miles it was broke in enough to go up to 10k, and then after 500 it would be good to rev up.....Once you feel the powerband kick in right about 7k it takes off! I love it

 

Thanks for all the tıps, I have the same bıke as you metalıc green black very nıce dıfferent to other Honda,s

 

If its a brand new bike, baby it the firt 1000 miles. Just drive it.

 

+1 to baby it. I bought mine with 0 on the clock and it was beyond hard not to open it up. There was a time i hit about 90 during the break in period and i felt bad for doin it. haha

 

It has 2 way to do a break in, the book way, because of the warranty, or the hard way, because now it's safe to do so.

Break in for seals is 15 minutes around, and they are doing most of it in the factory, just before they release the engine, they full it of gaz/oil, kick the engine to the red line, empty the oil, put new oil and they ask you not to go hard with your bike. It a warranty question more than anything else, technologie has changed sine 1960. My next bike, I'll do the break in directly on the track

But for the transmission it's different, if you do it the hard way and you don't change your oil during the first 50km (or 100km) and more often during the first 1000km, you may damage your transmission because of all the crap you will make. That's a reason why to go gentle with the bike at first.

anyway, i'm not a pro, it's just my opinion over what I know and what other friend working in mechanic told me