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Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: NoDak! (Kinda like Red Dawn w/o mountains)
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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
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Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Mooresville NC
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I did my hawk at 100 miles and then again at 500. sounds like you have the right approach though. vary speeds/rpms, stay away from redline.
some people are in the "ride it like you stole it" camp. I didn't, but did run RPMs up sometimes.
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Dave Bikes I've owned: Suzuki GS450T, Yamaha XS500, Honda V45 Sabre, Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 Classic (2), Suzuki VX800, Kawasaki Ninja 650, Triumph TT600, Honda Superhawk, Kawasaki Concours 1000 (3, including a sidecar rig), Buell XB9R, Kawasaki Nomad 1500, Concours 14, Honda Goldwing (2), Housen Hawk, Suzuki Intruder 1400, Kawasaki KLR650, Victory V92TC. |
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