Running in

There does not seem to be much activity here ...

Anyway, my bike is a little Chinese 125 cruiser, which I thin looks marvelous. Being brand new, it needs running in. I haven;t heard of doing this since my last bike, in 1971, so rather rusty in this area. What sort of thing should I do? The handbook (pamphlet) says to stay below 5000rpm for the first 500km, and then below 7500rpm for the next 500km. But, I suspect that there is a bit more to it than not going over 35mph for 300 miles, then getting up to 45 after that.

Anyone like to comment on the kind of thing I ought to be doing?

Thanks

Torro125 wrote:There does not seem to be much activity here ...

Lol you're not wrong there!

Thats the essence of it though, don't rev it too high at first to allow the piston head and rings to bed themselves in. You can go above these limits so long as it's not held at high revs (or speed) for long periods of time. The bike would run fine without this run-in period but fuel efficiency and mild performance can be gained from following it properly.