New KPX 250: Usual issues, break in questions

thedakotakid · 04-13-2024, 12:03 AM

Bike arrived from Venom. No shipping damage, assembled with no problems. I will need to shorten the kickstand. The muffler was rubbing on the tire, so I put in a spacer and cranked up the preload a bit more.

I drained the factory oil; it was a bit low anyhow.
Filled with Rotella 15/40

Rode it 20 miles, dropped oil, cleaned out the screen and filter, put in a paper filter. A little bit of glitter and what not in the big screen. Pretty standard.

Question:

What's next? Keep it out of the redline, vary speeds, ride it nicely, and drop the oil at 100 miles?
Then what? Other suggestions for miles and break in procedures?

tdk

04-13-2024, 12:03 AM	#1
thedakotakid Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: NoDak! (Kinda like Red Dawn w/o mountains) Posts: 66	New KPX 250: Usual issues, break in questions Bike arrived from Venom. No shipping damage, assembled with no problems. I will need to shorten the kickstand. The muffler was rubbing on the tire, so I put in a spacer and cranked up the preload a bit more. I drained the factory oil; it was a bit low anyhow. Filled with Rotella 15/40 Rode it 20 miles, dropped oil, cleaned out the screen and filter, put in a paper filter. A little bit of glitter and what not in the big screen. Pretty standard. Question: What's next? Keep it out of the redline, vary speeds, ride it nicely, and drop the oil at 100 miles? Then what? Other suggestions for miles and break in procedures? tdk __________________ 2023 Lifan KPX250 (The Lizard) 200? Shineray 200cc Enduro 2008 KLR650 2001 Bajaj Chetak 1996 Honda Shadow (Indian and Harley fenders, other mods) Last edited by thedakotakid; 04-13-2024 at 08:28 AM.
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