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<br>By the Lord Harry am I pleased to get the beast back?<br>Pleased aint the word for it.<br>After two months sans beast, I finally got it back from it's top end rebuild.<br>1 set gaskets, 1 set rings, 1 (yes one) piston, 12 inlet valves, 1 EXUP pulley, some springs, two months and £600 later the beast came home.<br>Spent the rest of the daylight hours (I wish I had a garage) after work scrubbing the engine, degreasing the chain, lubricating, generally applying TLC, bolting on the plastics and cleaning it.<br>There were two rubbery things the shop gave back to me that they couldn't (read didn't want to) re-fit. They look like some sort of protection that might go around the radiator sub framey thing to stop water splashing up from the road onto the wiring loom etc.....<br>I offered them to the bike and tried to make sense of it ...even consulted the ruddy Haynes but no joy. Nemind.<br>Any how......now the beast has new rings (finally) the mechanic told me that I should ride up to 5k revs for fifty miles and then add 1000 revs for each fifty miles that I clock up for 150 miles, meaning that the total "cautious" stage should last no more than 200 miles. After that he says I can ride as maniacally (read errrr...normally and sometimes rather high into the rev range) as I want.<br>He also intimated that being over cautious would result in the barrels glazing up and that all I need to do is ride 200 controlled miles to take the edge off the rings.<br>What say you experts out there?<br>Is 200 miles enough for a new set of rings?<br>Should I take more care than recommended to me?<br>As usual, any advice greatly appreciated.<br>Sorry for the essay, I am just soooooo happy to have my EXUP back.<br>P.S. Does anyone (in the UK) want my bastard ZXR750? It's up for grabs...offers over £500 taken. <p></p><i></i>

Running in is like tyres....Ask the question and you'll get a different answer from every person (Although at least in this forum everyone will respect each others opinion on it and not get into a flame war<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> )<br><br>I would think 200miles is plenty for the work you've had done. When selling new bikes and got asked the "What about running in" question (N.B. advice doesn't apply to 2 stroke MXers!!). I always told customers "Mate, Japanese technology is fantastic these days, the factory knows it's gonna get a hiding and they wouldn't put a two year warranty on it if it couldn't handle it".<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> Seriously though, I don't beleive you should ever baby a bike when running it in, the most important thing is to make the engine work. Vary RPM's and load etc, use all the gears and you'll be sweet.<br><br>You can also go into a mineral vs synthetic oil while running in argument aswell but thats a whole other thread<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :riding --><img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/ ... iker_3.gif ALT=":riding"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br> <p><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Clint.</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:red;">'87 FZR1000T</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:white;">gen·e·sis (jen-i-sis)n. pl.:The coming into being of something; the origin.</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br><br></p><i></i>

Hiras I think I can help on this. Those rubbery things are probably about 100cm long and non descript looking?<br> If so, they are heat insulators, they install between the frame and forward side of the engine, there is a slot cut in each one midway, it goes on the frame lugs that hold the lower radiator straps, you will have to drop the straps ( one at a time) to re-install the heat shields. Just look at them for a while, my bike never communicated that it wanted them back either, but like vitamins, sometimes it just doesn't know whats good for it. Good luck. <p></p><i></i>

If they are the heatshields then I’d read this:<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://mototuneusa.com">mototuneusa.com</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>he mentions specific to an R6, but the same deal. You have to subscribe, but it’s free & never had any grief from it.<br><br>He also has a section on running in. Warning, this site will consume many hours reading but is very interesting.<br> <p></p><i></i>

<br>Thanks for the advice all.<br><br>I'm gonna get those heatshields refitted ASAP.<br><br> <p></p><i></i>