The break-in question for the pro's

[Dynoray]

I wish I had known about this, I put 85 miles on my rtx. I had afew short bursts in rpm while I was riding. The way that I did it sounds like I will not have as good of a motor as I could have. Is there anything that I can do, should I change my oil atleast?

Hi Chad, it's not a real big deal. All the stk RX's and Apex's we have dynoed that were broke in easy made a few less HP then the one we broke in on the Dyno. The one's broke in on the Dyno 99% of the time don't go through any oil, while the one's broke in easy usually will use a litre of oil every 2-3 thousand miles.
It's not a night and day difference. The old "break it in easy" attitude is still kicking around from 40-50+ year's ago when you did have to break it in easy because parts actually had to wear together. Now the only thing you are actually breaking in is the rings/cylinders and the harder you can load them the better. Same as Napp said, we break in on the Dyno and the HP comes up in each of the first 3-4 runs and usually the first to second run HP is the same as one broke in easy.
Ask the current record holder in 700 Pro Stk that got beat by our 600 IMP RX-1 the weekend before last
Ray

 

[flesh]

Do you believe everything you read on the internet.....I'm no for it or against this, some of it sure makes you think

 

[Charged RTX]

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