I'm really interested in this "other way" of breaking in a bike, as explained in the link:
http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm
He stresses the importance of putting significant load on the engine for brief periods to make sure the seals set, and I believe what the guy writes. I had a bad experience once breaking in a new car by going very easy on the engine at first, and I found that it never came up to the performance it should have.
That brings me to where I'm at now as I'm looking for a used Majesty. What would you ask a previous owner about his break-in method. Am I going to be uninterested in a bike that has been broken in exactly as stated in the manual, and keep hunting around for the lone dog who used this other method. Is a compression test going to show how successful the break-in was? Should I be able to feel it just by getting on the bike and test riding?
Even aside from the break-in philosophy, what questions and tests would you go through if you were hunting for a used Maj? What other things would you check, now that you know your own scoot?
bt
http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm
He stresses the importance of putting significant load on the engine for brief periods to make sure the seals set, and I believe what the guy writes. I had a bad experience once breaking in a new car by going very easy on the engine at first, and I found that it never came up to the performance it should have.
That brings me to where I'm at now as I'm looking for a used Majesty. What would you ask a previous owner about his break-in method. Am I going to be uninterested in a bike that has been broken in exactly as stated in the manual, and keep hunting around for the lone dog who used this other method. Is a compression test going to show how successful the break-in was? Should I be able to feel it just by getting on the bike and test riding?
Even aside from the break-in philosophy, what questions and tests would you go through if you were hunting for a used Maj? What other things would you check, now that you know your own scoot?
bt