Excellent advice. You need to break them in like you ride it. I babied my first quad and it always smoked and burned oil.

 

So is that true you should break it in like you will ride it?

 

20 hours.

 

20 hour break in period. don't pin the throttle for the first few hours, and don't keep it there for more than a second or 2 for the first 20 hours. as for the brakes, until you've used them a bit, don't be real hard on them. with my quad i just lightly tapped the brakes every once in a while during the ride to get a lil bit of wear on them. as for the suspension, pound the crap out of it. the sooner you find its limits, the better.

 

i think 20 hours is a little too much

 

Make it work w/o abusing it. If you baby it too much the cylinder pressures will not get high enough to wear the rings in before the crosshatch is gone.

If you take it to the dunes you run the risk of scoring a ring.

Just ride it and if you have any long hills they are great for cylinder pressures. I have a powerline rd near me that goes from 2800 ft to 5400 in 3 miles. I go up this a couple of times then go home and change the oil.

 

Break it in the same way you plan to ride it, just avoid full throttle for more than a few seconds and allow it to warm up

 

i dont know about u but i always plan to ride as close to full throttle as i possibly can. JK

for ur break in ride it for 10hrs not beating it and not babying it. go through all the gears and dont keep it pinned for more that a couple of seconds and dont do it alot. u should stay about half throttle.

 

Make sure it's up to temp, then ride it like you stole it

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I dont know about your theory there Chris142. going uphill really puts a big strain on any motor broke in or not. I broke mine in like I am going to ride it.