Minimum running in mileage

[bullyblue]

Good morning,

I have my first (600 mile) service booked in for 18th June but due to health issues in the last couple of months will be unable to get to that figure.

Does anyone know what the minimum (if there is one) mileage BMW will accept for this service. I am at 453 presently but doubt I can increase this much towards the 600 before the booked date. Bike is three months old and the running in miles have been very varied A & B type roads.

Cheers,
Ian

 

[jetjock]

Apparently it’s 400 according to my dealer last month

 

[Martin GSA UK]

I was told 450 to 750. So they should be happy to go ahead.

 

[team duvet]

No problems Ian.

TD

 

[bullyblue]

Cheers guys, much appreciated thanks for your prompt responses. Takes off a bit of pressure

 

[simmo1]

Cheers guys, much appreciated thanks for your prompt responses. Takes off a bit of pressure

Contact the servicing dealer and talk to them about your situation. They should be helpful

 

[GS_PS]

The handbook quotes a surprisingly quite low 500km or 300 miles as the minimum so you are well above that. I mistakenly got it into my head that the km range was 500-1500 and thought "ahh that makes sense as to why 600 miles is the oft quoted service point as it translates to 1000km or the mid point" Ehh nope, upper limit is actually 1200km or 744 miles approx.....guess who nearly tripped up though thankfully I did double check in time and got under the wire at 695 miles. Still no idea how 600 miles is the "magic" figure

 

[Traffic893]

As long as it’s under 1,000 miles, I was informed by Dick Lovett.
I imagine some people actually get a new bike and have a trip before the running in service, knowing they will be back within 800 miles or so.

 

[HGS]

300 minimum...as previously stated
Mine was done at BMW HQ
I queried this mileage fir running in service....pointed to schedule and it was correct
Just built the revs up for a few more hundred miles before any thrashing

 

[Coopes]

Good morning,

I have my first (600 mile) service booked in for 18th June but due to health issues in the last couple of months will be unable to get to that figure.

Does anyone know what the minimum (if there is one) mileage BMW will accept for this service. I am at 453 presently but doubt I can increase this much towards the 600 before the booked date. Bike is three months old and the running in miles have been very varied A & B type roads.

Cheers,
Ian

Change the booking maybe

 

[Lupo]

You’ll be fine, it’s going over the max which is more of an issue.

 

[Martin GSA UK]

The service dept. at my dealer told me the oil initially in the bike for delivery, is specifically for the break-in. Presumably without all the clever lubricating additives in the recommended oil, to ensure surfaces bed in nicely. In the sightglass, it was darker than the replacement oil, so seems correct.

 

[Engineer]

Good morning,

I have my first (600 mile) service booked in for 18th June but due to health issues in the last couple of months will be unable to get to that figure.

Does anyone know what the minimum (if there is one) mileage BMW will accept for this service. I am at 453 presently but doubt I can increase this much towards the 600 before the booked date. Bike is three months old and the running in miles have been very varied A & B type roads.

Cheers,
Ian

Just push it much harder on the way to the dealer for the last few miles.

 

[GoldCalipers]

I usually just put mine on paddock stands, pop it into 3rd and let it rack up the miles, while I sit back with a brew… saves all that inconvenient break in riding

 

[EPG_19]

400 lowest
1000 max

 

[HGS]

R1300GS handbook

300 - 750 miles
If you take the conversion of KM's into miles it is 310.68 miles

 

[tomtom1200]

I usually just put mine on paddock stands, pop it into 3rd and let it rack up the miles, while I sit back with a brew… saves all that inconvenient break in riding

Not sure if that a joke but I have been told more than once and I think it's even in the manual that the whole point of running in is to be constantly changing the engine revs.

 

[Rasher]

About 20 miles;

Break In Secrets--How To Break In New Motorcycle and Car Engines For More Power

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After my recent ground up TZR 250 Rebuld it was run in on the dyno by running through 3L of fuel with increasing revs, then it was thrashed mercilesly to get it setup and power readings.

A local tuner / engineer to me many years ago, prior to the "break in secrets" internet article (pre-internet) told me almost exactly the same thing, the guy built some very fast race bikes & rally car motors and tuned a LC250 and RG500 for me.....

....Then told the same by 2T engineering.

Obviously what a dealer will accept is different, but I don't ever do the 500+ miles bimbling along, and all of my new bikes have run beautifully and never burned a drop of oil, if I hear a boast of "I ran it in by the book" I am turned off - YMMV.

+ Don't BMW run every bike on a dyno flat out as they come off the production line?

 

[rovert57]

About 20 miles;

Break In Secrets--How To Break In New Motorcycle and Car Engines For More Power

New Engine Break In Procedure For Cars, Motorcycles, Motocross, Snowmobiles and Boats

www.mototuneusa.com

After my recent ground up TZR 250 Rebuld it was run in on the dyno by running through 3L of fuel with increasing revs, then it was thrashed mercilesly to get it setup and power readings.

A local tuner / engineer to me many years ago, prior to the "break in secrets" internet article (pre-internet) told me almost exactly the same thing, the guy built some very fast race bikes & rally car motors and tuned a LC250 and RG500 for me.....

....Then told the same by 2T engineering.

Obviously what a dealer will accept is different, but I don't ever do the 500+ miles bimbling along, and all of my new bikes have run beautifully and never burned a drop of oil, if I hear a boast of "I ran it in by the book" I am turned off - YMMV.

+ Don't BMW run every bike on a dyno flat out as they come off the production line?

I’ve often thought that when you see how the bike are made the last thing before getting boxed up the run it up to max revs.
I also read that a bike ridden hard from new makes more power than a gently broken in one ,although it did state that the harder broken in engine doesn’t last as long .

 

[Engineer]

Not sure if that a joke but I have been told more than once and I think it's even in the manual that the whole point of running in is to be constantly changing the engine revs.

Modern engines do not really need running in at all - when they put them on the rolling road in the factory, they take the engine up to full revs looking for issues and then switch them of and ship them. Running in these days is more about health and safety i.e. making sure nothing has fallen off or worked lose during the first miles of ownership