This article relates to people who just bought a bike online and wants to know what to do after assembly!

Most manufacturer manuals and other sources will tell you the same information about running the engine for the first time:

Do not run the bike at more than two-thirds of the full throttle and avoid high speeds during the first two hours of operation. It is generally recommended that you drain the oil after two hours and use a premium semi-synthetic 10W40 four-stroke engine oil.

Since I just bought two new ssr bikes, I was browsing a very reputable bicycle forum [pitbikeclub.co.uk] looking for some information about assembly and breaking in. I stumbled upon some very valuable information. . This article is a short summary of a newsletter article I wrote at Motoman. Motoman is an experienced superbike tuner with his own newsletter [Power News Magazine].

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