Running in

I have had a scan on the net regarding running in period for the newly aquired bandit, it's done 1865km. Couldn't find anything relavent, so I'll ask the wise here,what's the factory specs for running in. Thanks,Dave.

Though not a Bandit, below is a vid of us "running in" my car engine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJJA79l0GWs

In a former work life we used to drive small trucks up a 4 km fairly steep hill in a gear lower than you'd normally do it in, it used to load the engine right up to bed in rings etc.


In over 100 trucks over a 5 year period, 1 had a big end bearing failure which most of us believed was unrelated to the run in drive  we never had one come back later smoky

I just found my book, took pics but you beat me

GSX1100G wrote:I just found my book, took pics but you beat me

Nah , Nah  

I got told by my dealer
1 ride it as normal (define normal )
2 don't over rev it
3 vary the engine speed as much as possible

1st 1000ks, so yours should have been done by now.

Thanks guys, all the engines that I rebuilt were run in the same as the suggestions/recommendations i.e. not overloaded or over reved but yeah I think at 1800 odd km, it should be well bedded.

Primax wrote:Thanks guys, all the engines that I rebuilt were run in the same as the suggestions/recommendations i.e. not overloaded or over reved but yeah I think at 1800 odd km, it should be well bedded.

Just don't "uderload" it
Taking it too gentle could cause glazing 

(I'm taking load, not revs, you don't need excessive revs to load an engine)

Chook wrote:

Primax wrote:Thanks guys, all the engines that I rebuilt were run in the same as the suggestions/recommendations i.e. not overloaded or over reved but yeah I think at 1800 odd km, it should be well bedded.

Just don't "uderload" it
Taking it too gentle could cause glazing 

(I'm taking load, not revs, you don't need excessive revs to load an engine)

As in 3/4 throttle in top from 60kmh to 1?? kmh ?

Ride it as you would use it in normal riding .