firstberg said:
Looks like I am going with an 03 400 instead of the 02 with updates. The price is very similar, and from what I have read, it looks like there were a few advancement between 02 and 03. I will break this one in taking all your advice. It should arrive end of next week..........I hope. I was expecting a bike this week.
Thanks for the help so far...........there will be many more questions along the way.
If that is the case, and your side of the pond made the same changes as the UK did for 03, your bike will arrive with a liter of running in oil -
check this with your dealer though!.
Therefore, your running in procedure will need to be modified slightly. The first riding session should be no more than 20 minutes under normal riding conditions but without either lugging or overevving, but still give the engine some stick and through all the gears.
After this you can run with a semi-synthetic oil, increasing the change intervals. first 30min after changing from running in oil, then 45 minutes, then 1hour up to 2 hours. It is also advisable to change oil filters a couple of times during this perios too. After a couple of hours riding you'll be able to go full chat!
The number of oil changes is to flush out debris from the running in period rather than anything else..........
HTH
Simon
