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Message: [QUOTE="dan druff, post: 1117794, member: 68865"] Here is a pretty good guide i have used from another site 1) Assemble the engine properly and torque all fasteners to specs. 2) Start the engine with the bike on a stand and allow the engine to come up to operating temperature (top of the raidator hot to the touch). Do not allow the engine to run at one RPM at all. Constantly vary the RPM and do not allow the engine to idle. When then engine reaches operating temperature (about 3 to 5 minutes of running time), shut it off. 3) Let the engine cool completely (at LEAST one hour). You want the engine to be dead-stone cold. Longer is better. 4) Start the engine with the bike on a stand and allow the engine to come up to operating temperature (top of the raidator hot to the touch). Do not allow the engine to run at one RPM at all. Constantly vary the RPM and do not allow the engine to idle. When then engine reaches operating temperature (about 3 to 5 minutes of running time), shut it off. 5) Let the engine cool completely (at LEAST one hour). You want the engine to be dead-stone cold. Longer is better. 6) Start the engine with the bike on a stand and allow the engine to come up to operating temperature (top of the raidator hot to the touch). Do not allow the engine to run at one RPM at all. Constantly vary the RPM and do not allow the engine to idle. When then engine reaches operating temperature (about 3 to 5 minutes of running time), take the bike off the stand and put it in gear. Take it for a ride. During this ride you want to keep the engine under a load at all times. Do not coast. Do not let the bike idle. Do not allow the engine to stay at one RPM. Riding on a mild slope is fine for this, as is slightly dragging the rear brake the entire time. Do this for about 15-20 minutes. Then shut the bike off. 7) Let the engine cool completely (at LEAST one hour). You want the engine to be dead-stone cold. Longer is better. 8 ) Re-torque the head and base nuts. 9) Go ride. The cool-down steps are crucial to this operation. You must let the engine cool completely for the break in process to work properly. Also, do the warm up procedure I outline here before EVERY ride. Your top ends will last much longer if you do. [/QUOTE]

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