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engine break-in

  1. O

    Break in on demo bike

    I bought a new to me 2011 R1200RT from the original owner. He bought it as a demo bike (about 2500 miles) and barely road it. Excellent maintenance records, all recalls done, and fluids changed yearly, but only 5,900 miles on it when I bought it. I’m confident as a demo bike it didn’t have the...
  2. 10drum

    Rusting cylinders before assembly???

    Greetings, I took the cylinders from my ‘71 r75/5 to a bmw guy to check whether they need to be bored or just honing and rings. He thought they only needed to be honed and install new rings. He also told me that after he hones the cylinder, he rinses them in scalding hot water, blows the...
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  3. tmoyer

    How much oil?

    We went out for a ride on Saturday and once again, my oil light came on. (2009 1200GS) The oil level was fine two weeks ago when I checked it and I haven't ridden since. It seems that I am using alot of oil and I'm not sure why. Someone told me that the engine was not broken in properly and...
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