Baby's ready for the road.
[May 4, 2007]
At long last, the 600 mile run-in is done. The manufacturer's
manual says not to run the bike pass 4K RPMs but I know this is
insufficient. Having experienced this on the GS, I know
better. This time around I work the R12R really hard. I've
commuted to work for about a month on pretty much gears 1-3. The
other three gears hardly get any time. Only on days where I'm
tired of convulsing on my bike do I take it up to 4-6. Once again
some cars think I'm trying to race them but in reality I'm just trying
to break in my bike. I'm sure they were surprise as I zip pass
them to only have them catch up to me quickly as I let the throttle go
to do some engine breaking.
Anyway, I take the 12R in for it's 600 mile run-in. I'm actually
at 675 or so miles. As usual the Brown Motor Works services guys
are very friendly and are more than happy to take my bike in for
service. Among the run-in service I'm also having my BMW Nav III
wired up. When I traded in my R12GS, I kept the navigation system
knowing that it will also work on the R12R. I took my bike in at
8:00 AM and around 1:00 PM I received the call from Kile that my bike
is done and ready for pickup. Wow, that was fast. I thought
it was going to be there until the end of day today. I scurry
over and picked up the bike.
The check list for all the maintenance done for the bike is
substantial. Cool. I see that the final drive has more
lubrication added to it. At a little less than $400, that's a lot
of money. However, there was a lot of work done. This time
around I know better than to pretend I'm a mechanic. I'll let the
trained folks do the work. Good job on Brown's part. I'll
do the simple stuff like plug flat tires and add oil. They can do
the rest.
Written on: May 6, 2007
Last modified: July 3, 2007