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Good day All:
So I've been riding as much as i can lately, im around 210 miles on my bike thus far. i've started making some longer trips on the highway (20 mile commute to work and back etc) and i know some points have been brought up in other threads but im curious about a couple things.
has anyone actually radar'd or GPS'd their speed? im not certain but i am thinking that the speedometer is reading strong.... i had it above 80 for the first time today and i wasnt passing people like i usually am @ 80 in my car etc
secondly, Im not sold on 'breaking in' and my dealer even told me its a thing of the past. Honda redlines all their engines before they ship them the dealer instructed me. that being said the one thing i was told is to avoid riding at a steady single RPM for extended periods of time, especially initially.
BUT: how the heck else am i supposed to ride when i have miles and miles on the 6 lane interstate with massive traffic all going 70mph etc? im rolling around 7-9000 RPM when on the major roads and its usually pretty close to 8000. I can deviate by maybe +/- 500 RPM but thats about it....
thoughts?
So I've been riding as much as i can lately, im around 210 miles on my bike thus far. i've started making some longer trips on the highway (20 mile commute to work and back etc) and i know some points have been brought up in other threads but im curious about a couple things.
has anyone actually radar'd or GPS'd their speed? im not certain but i am thinking that the speedometer is reading strong.... i had it above 80 for the first time today and i wasnt passing people like i usually am @ 80 in my car etc
secondly, Im not sold on 'breaking in' and my dealer even told me its a thing of the past. Honda redlines all their engines before they ship them the dealer instructed me. that being said the one thing i was told is to avoid riding at a steady single RPM for extended periods of time, especially initially.
BUT: how the heck else am i supposed to ride when i have miles and miles on the 6 lane interstate with massive traffic all going 70mph etc? im rolling around 7-9000 RPM when on the major roads and its usually pretty close to 8000. I can deviate by maybe +/- 500 RPM but thats about it....
thoughts?