Hey all, I just recently purchased a 2005 Honda Rancher Manual 350 and have been breaking it in according to http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm by varying the RPMs, driving it hard with short burts of speed, and it's been running great thus far. My only worry was that I got stuck in a mud pit for about 30-45 minutes and the bike was idling for a bit of time during that, and was also revving higher than I would have liked in first gear while trying to get out of the pit; although I'm not talking full throttle pulls.

I am worried that I might have hurt the quad because I only had around 4 hours at the time on it. Should it be okay?


My other question is regarding the first service, I currently have around 7-8 hours on the quad and i'm almost finished with the first tank of gas, this weekend I am taking the quad up to a big national forrest, and plan to put roughly 5-10 hours on the quad. Is it to early to get it serviced? Should I service it before i take it up there?

Thanks!

 

I wouldnt worry about it that much. You never know those high rpms and higher temps from sitting still could have helped break in the cams and valvetrain as long as u didnt like hold it wot it should not have hurt it.

 

Your quad was already broke in 3.5 hours before. Change the oil and drive it.

 

Your ATV is fine, have fun this weekend and get it to the dealer as soon as you get back.

 

On a new bike, I do my first oil change at 1-2 hrs. This gets all the metal shavings etc. out of the system right away (you are to late already!). I then change again at 10 and 20 hrs. My usual oil change interval on the Rancher is about 20 hrs.