hello all, im back to team honda!! just bought an 08 1k. havent had a cbr since my 93' cbr 900!!! i have had a few gsxr 1000's and R1's but back to honda! i already have some mods done and got about 170 miles on it now. i have been hard on the break in and now im worried about being to hard on it. any input on how people have broke theirs in??? i havent found any threads on it. thanks all!

 

welcome to the cbrf. don't have to look hard to find threads about oil burning on the '08s - or to find a variety of opinions on the proper way to break one in. by my reckoning, if honda tells you to do it a certain way, do it a certain way.

 

Welcome aboard, man!
Opinions vary on break in methods. I hammered the pizz out my new Kawasaki from day one, and despite my WOT break-in method it hasn't burned a drop of oil yet.
I think it makes sense that combustion pressure should help seat rings, but I honestly think the bottom line is that it's either defective or it's not. Maybe hone, maybe rings. I don't think it's gonna make a lick of difference what you do to it. Some prefer the book method, some the motoman, and some in between. There doesn't seem to be a trend of oil burning associated with any particular method that I know of. I wouldn't worry too much about it.

 

thanks you guys, im a big rider-6'2" 260 without clothes so geared up im prob 275 lb ish. so wind protection seems to be my only beef with the bike. seems to stock have more power then my worked R1. would a double bubble wind screen help much at all?

 

I'm 6'3" and ordered a double bubble for my '09 600 - it should help in pushing the wind UP into your face and away from your chest. When sitting upright with my stocker, the wind is going into my upper chest / throat. Hopefully the double will allow me to get under the wind when I tuck; should work the same for you.

 

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thanks bro