Kawasaki Sportsbike Riders Club - Australia - Online Forum

Hello all,

I know this is a can of worms but here goes anyway:

I am lucky enough to be on a new 636 and am asking around how others are breaking in theirs. I am gethering the answers and formulating a strategy based on the most consistent answer (the motouneusa.com method seems to be very popular). So far I have:

1) Forget the manual
2) First 100 - 200. Load the motor through the rev range without pushing it too high (about 6-7k limit). Accelerating, deccelerating. The key is to surge the load, never holding a constant rpm for too long
3) change oil and filter. use only mineral based oils. inspect filter for metals etc
4) 200 - 1000. Slowly bring the rev limit up to about 10,000
5) Do the 1000km service
6) 1-2k again gradually increasing the rev limit towards the redline.

I have about 100km on mine so far using this method. Already the motor is looser and pulls through the revs much easier. So far so good.

Oh, and how good is this bike. So smooth, so stable. I give it 5 stars.

Here is a picture of my face riding home last night...

Cheers all.

Sam

this is how i broke mine in

gave it shit
personally i dont feel the need to baby it. just work your way through the gears and dont hold the same revs for too long. and do regualr oil changes. everything will be sweet

Just ride it.

redline it at every gear... kawa's are made for riding not nursing

Sam
Your pretty much on the money. I run mine in hard and it's a better bike for it.
Just make sure you warm it up properly, as this will fark it quicker than anything.
Run it through the rev range, loaded up and avoid constant revs.
Don't go bouncing it off the limitter all the time, to early.
Maybe looking at doing a oil and filter change early, just in case theres some metals floating around.

There are a few topics on this, but there in our hidden forums.

HTH

BTW where yah from?

Looked after it for about 400 kms only reving to 5 or 6000 rpm rideing in the twisties where you are on and off the throttle all the time then took it up the highway for a run backing off and reving it to about 10000rpm in second and third a few times till about 800 km and then changed to motul 5100 and track dayed it but dont worry about the rev limiter you will never hit it.


Heat cycleing is another thing take it for a run and let it cool right down then take it out again, the motors are fairly bullet proof but you have to give it a bit of time like 3 or 4 rides and 500km or so before you go looking at reving it to within a inch of its life.

Seemed to be lifting the front wheel and head shakeing today so i would say it has plenty of power.

Thanks for the replies. I guess I am looking for people to say its all right to push it every now and then. It does seem to me that the more I work it the better it feels - better meaning quicker.

Did anyone else notice that the ADR noise sticker shows 96.0dB - here in Sydney the legal limit is 94.5dB so WTF happened there? Plus I am told the 10R is even louder?

Anyway, I just had to move the old ZZR250 for the first time since I got the 636 (er, 1 day ago). Ha ha, what a laugh that is. So small, so upright... I cannot imagine riding that thing again, let alone taking it to the track

I am in Lilyfield, suburb of Sydney, near Balmain - I should update my profile.

I wouldnt be scared of it but dont give it a real hard time till after the 1000km service I noticed mine was still freeing up at 2000kms.

I wouldnt baby it too much as per the manual after 500kms either.

I notice on some forums they show oil that has come out of new engines that look like metalic soup but mine came out looking like normal oil without anything sinister in it, maybe it was in the filter but it looked good to me.

I don't think anyone should be worried about me "babying it too much".

Has anyone done anything about cleaning up the rear ie: fender eliminators etc? If so, can you post a photo for me.

Jump on http://www.kawiforums.com it's in the sates and there pretty quick to get the mods....nice bike dude

yeah man, kawiforums is your friend. the thread on the 05 zx6 pics has been viewed like 70,000 times or something
theyve got a sticky on all the after market gear for them too and thats already up to 15 pages or something crazy like that.
has anybody seen any zorsts? i like the two bros, it looks awesome hey.
anyway, enjoy the bike mate. ive got 6500 k's on mine and she hasnt missed a beat

booze wrote:has anybody seen any zorsts? i like the two bros, it looks awesome hey. anyway, enjoy the bike mate. ive got 6500 k's on mine and she hasnt missed a beat

If I had an '05 the 4.5Kg muffler would be the first thing to go.

I talked to a local shop about pipes and they said (as of Wednesday) that only the Akrapovic was in the country - and only demos for dealers. I know Staintune have plans and must be close to releasing the details.

What I want to know is how much heat will be transferred into the rear seat after removingthe heat shielding provided by the factory pipe?

I have heard stories of Fireblade owners melting taillights with aftermarket pipes? I am not in a hurry to do that.

I'd be surprised if you didn't notice it getting freer as you ride - however you run it in it will loosen!

My car didn't return any better than high 8's/9's for L/100km figures, until it got around 7000km on it, then the figure dropped to the mid 6's -7's.

Still, I can't help thinking that those wacky engineers probably have a clue about how the motor should be run in, so who am I to argue? Mostly just running around town for the first 1000k's or so should do it, how anyone can maintain a constant engine speed for very long in normal traffic is beyond me...and 1000k's in a new car/bike doesn't take very long for some reason??

Bring it up here and let Stu (Hammer) run it in for you like he rode Bob's and my bikes... It'll be freed up allright