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Why have a ``break-in'' period for new bikes?

Started by showerfan, April 23, 2013, 04:31:30 PM

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Monsterlover

#30
April 25, 2013, 07:20:30 AM
Quote from: howie on April 25, 2013, 12:16:48 AM
Like flaking rockers?

Design issue, not a manufacturing issue ;)
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Howie

#31
April 25, 2013, 08:02:06 AM
Quote from: Monsterlover on April 25, 2013, 07:20:30 AM
Design issue, not a manufacturing issue ;)

Actually improper chrome plating, hydrogenated imbrittlement, from what i understand.  Most of the failed rockers were out sourced.

ducatiz

#32
April 25, 2013, 08:15:19 AM
Quote from: howie on April 25, 2013, 08:02:06 AM
Actually improper chrome plating, hydrogenated imbrittlement, from what i understand.  Most of the failed rockers were out sourced.

All.  Made by Empressa. 
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Monsterlover

#33
April 25, 2013, 08:22:19 AM
Quote from: howie on April 25, 2013, 08:02:06 AM
Actually improper chrome plating, hydrogenated imbrittlement, from what i understand.  Most of the failed rockers were out sourced.

Empressa just did what ducati's print said to do.
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

ducatiz

#34
April 25, 2013, 08:29:00 AM
Quote from: Monsterlover on April 25, 2013, 08:22:19 AM
Empressa just did what ducati's print said to do.

No way to know.  Same situation with the nylon tanks.  Ducati asked for gas tanks, Aceebis made tanks that absorbed water and ethanol.  Who ever heard of gas with water or ethanol in it?
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

Monsterlover

#35
April 25, 2013, 12:13:57 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on April 25, 2013, 08:29:00 AM
No way to know.  Same situation with the nylon tanks.  Ducati asked for gas tanks, Aceebis made tanks that absorbed water and ethanol.  Who ever heard of gas with water or ethanol in it?

KTM is having issues with this now too.
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

ducatiz

#36
April 25, 2013, 12:56:59 PM
Quote from: Monsterlover on April 25, 2013, 12:13:57 PM
KTM is having issues with this now too.

And so is Aprilia and so was Triumph (until they stopped using them).

Point is, Ducati ordered a gas tank and got a sponge without realizing it.  Same thing could have happened with the rockers.
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

LowThudd

#37
April 25, 2013, 01:09:02 PM
Big companies have problems too. Think of all the Toyota, Chevy Ford etc products that have had MASSIVE recalls in the past decade. Millions of vehicles.

showerfan

#38
April 29, 2013, 05:54:16 PM
whatevsies -- i rode to boston and back this weekend. varied my RPM's kept it reasonably close to the break-ing recommendation of under 6,000... maybe 7,000. then, after i hit 600 miles, i fcuking RIPPED the sh!t out of that bike all the way back! only to read in the manual that i should not exceed 7k RPM until i've done 2,500 km!  :o

well SCREW that. i am working the rev-limiter every chance i get! i swear the thing does 0-100 mph in like 4 seconds. it doesn't even need the 6th gear, as far as i can tell. i don't even feel like hitting 5th until triple digits!

now i just need a streetfighter and my collection will be complete.... wish they would make one with ABS -- that's like my insurance policy  [thumbsup]
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zooom

#39
April 30, 2013, 06:55:11 AM
Quote from: showerfan on April 29, 2013, 05:54:16 PM
whatevsies -- i rode to boston and back this weekend. varied my RPM's kept it reasonably close to the break-ing recommendation of under 6,000... maybe 7,000. then, after i hit 600 miles, i fcuking RIPPED the sh!t out of that bike all the way back! only to read in the manual that i should not exceed 7k RPM until i've done 2,500 km!  :o

well SCREW that. i am working the rev-limiter every chance i get! i swear the thing does 0-100 mph in like 4 seconds. it doesn't even need the 6th gear, as far as i can tell. i don't even feel like hitting 5th until triple digits!

so you are breaking it in like this guy probably did...sorta...

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showerfan

#40
April 30, 2013, 03:37:48 PM
i wish i had those skills!
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