"45 miles I have put on it..." " 90 % cruising and 10% WOT..."

Nice way to break, uhm.... break-in an engine pal...

Pretty soon you'll be able to lift your pull starter with your pinkie finger...

 

Lizard wizard or whoever you are, I sense sarcasm in your reply, However I have no idea why. Tell me why I am going to brek the damn engine and be able to pull the recoil starter with my fingers by doing what the manual says. I never said I help WOT for more than a couple seconds just like the manual says followed by cruising varying the speed. What would you do drive it like a grandma and carbon it up so it wouldn't perform well enough to run with a raptor 80. I have never ruined any engine during break in and I never go to easy on them for a good reason. If you break an engine in by driving it to slow it will always be slower than it should be. These engines are no different than all the high performance car engines I have built. I am now at 250 miles and 35 hours with an engine that runs great and when I changed the oil it was still clean with no debris so I don't see where you figure I am doing something wrong. To be perfectly honest if the engine isn't broke in in the first 50-100 miles or 20 to 30 hours whichever comes first it is never going to be. If there was no debris in the oil or filter and the valves were in spec at 25 hours I must be doing something right. I may not be an expert on ATV engines , But I have broke in enough engines to know you need to vary your speed and even open it up for a short time to break it in proper and polish the crank and wrist pin and also to make sure the rings fully seat. If the engine is driven like a grandma it will cause more problems than driving it hard. I have seen way to many people baby there built car engine only to find they were never able to get the rings to seat properly and wound up with an engine that uses oil.

 

thunderbolt,

You ever ride up by Danbury/Hinckley? Heading up there this weekend for a 3 dayer. Should be good mud (at least it's been raining like mad for weeks down here).

 

I haven't made it to Danbary yet, But I heard it is fun. I have been trying to get the time to go up there with a guy from work, But it seems I work to dang much. It's been raining a lot here too so I'm sure there will be some good mud.

 

not too sure what lizard wizard is talking about either.... Mind you he has only 2 posts.... Probably a 12 year old.

 

When I bought my Griz it had 1.3 miles on it. For all I know, that 1.3 miles was put on at full throttle. Unless you unpack the crate and watch them put the quad together, you have no idea how the engine was treated before you got it even if it is brand new. I put about 10 miles at verying speeds to get the feel of it and see if anything was going to break right away. After that I rode it like I'm going to continue to ride it for as long as I have it. I say, break it in like your going to ride it and change your oil and filter regularly. If you want to do it differently, that's up to you.

 

I agree with Starky.

 

10 Miles, that's more than enough break-in. You probably got that thing all carboned up babying an engine like that. Right Thunderbolt? I read on a "pro rider" forum that the best way to do it is to practice wheelies for the first 1/8th tank-full of gas. That's supposed to be the way to seat the rings and peen the bearings into the races. Just be sure to check the valve adjustment after every 25 hours... As long as you change the oil and filter regularly. Nothing to worry about, Just keep the WOT to 10% for the first 45 miles.
Git 'er done!
But I don't know personally. You see I'm only twelve years old. My Daddy bought my Grizzly after I made my first post to this forum... When I make 84 posts, Mommy will let me park park the car in the garage, and I can consider myself a performance engine builder. I can't wait for the day I reach 938 posts. Then I will call myself a "pro rider".
Oh wait. I can't do that. You see I've got to get a life and stop reading this stupid forum. The only thing worthwhile will be reading the responses to this post by a cretin and a low end moron.

 

Hey lizzardwizard, Two words of advice. GROW UP. It is obvious you are only posting on here to try and find someone to argue with you. That's ok you can have your opinion and the rest of us will be right. So go charge the batteries in your power wheels and and be sure to put on the kiddy helmet so you don't get hurt. Leave the posting to the people that actually want to help each other instead of posting little digs about something they know nothing about. The only posts on here from a cretin or a low end moron are from you so enjoy your posts.

 

Well put thunder bolt. Only thing we can ask is that he gets struck with some lightning.