Running in?

[willb]

So I finally bit the bullet and bought my F800GS yesterday and have a question about running it in.

I was told in the shop to keep it below 4k revs for the first 200 miles, but in the past I'd always been told to do this kind of thing for 500 miles.

Is it better to go with the shops suggestion, then gradually build up the revs, or go for the 500 miles, then build up the revs?

 

[Wookie]

Was told 5k revs until first service (600miles) which in my mind makes sense and pretty easy to stick to (well close to anyway....)

 

[willb]

Same thing as I'd been told with previous bikes, hence being a little confused by the 4k till 200, then slowly build it up.

 

[Magwych]

Hi Willb,

If you check your manual (Section 5) it should state that you should keep revs below 5,000RPM for the first 1,000km ( = 625 miles ).

Most important is to try and keep varying the speed and load on the engine and to avoid labouring, (unsurprisingly this is also mentioned in the manual ). 600 miles on a new bike as fine as the F800GS really does not take long, especially if you add a few additional outings, just to make sure it is done .

Take the word of salesmen with a pinch of salt, and check up on what they say.

There are other schools of thought that you should warm the engine up, then thrash it as hard as you can. Personally, I would stick with the manufacturers advice. It is up to you, it's your bike ...

 

[Martin]

Picked my 800GS up last month. Was told by the dealer not to exceed 5000 rpm for first 600 miles. At first service (600 miles) was told not to exceeed 6000 rpm for the next 400 miles. Once the bike's done 1000 miles, ride as normal.

 

[divelandy]

I was told 4k rpm for 1k miles which is 60mph
- made running in quite long as i was averaging ~30mph on the back roads...

Now i'm at 1.5k - it's fun fun fun!

Steve

 

[Davel]

I wonder if they can tell if you may have gone a little over 4,000 rpm at any time whilst running in.

Does the electronic gadgetry pick this up?

 

[divelandy]

If the brain is anything like our boat engine, it records how many hours it's run in each rev range, so wouldn't be surprised if the BM logged this as well as the fault codes.

I was generally good at keeping to the running in recommendation - though when your used to keeping up with traffic, being just about to over take lorries and van's got a bit tiring.

My wife's just started to learn to ride, so it's like running in all over again