GWJ
Registered user
I'm collecting my new 1250 tomorrow and want your views on breaking in the engine. I've tried and failed with the search function.
It goes without saying I can follow the guidance in the manual, and to do otherwise risks invalidating the warranty... but I've found with previous generation boxers that they respond well to hard use in the first 50 miles. I gather that loading the rings in their early life overcame potential glazing of the barrels and so oil consumption.
Back to the question, has anyone done differently to the manual for their new 1250 lump, and to what effect?
It goes without saying I can follow the guidance in the manual, and to do otherwise risks invalidating the warranty... but I've found with previous generation boxers that they respond well to hard use in the first 50 miles. I gather that loading the rings in their early life overcame potential glazing of the barrels and so oil consumption.
Back to the question, has anyone done differently to the manual for their new 1250 lump, and to what effect?