• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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TE310 Proper break in?

Tessier

Tessier

Husqvarna
AA Class
I figured I would start this thread because I have seen a few guy's asking the question with out answer's. What is proper break in? For those of us that want to break in our motor's "correctly" what is the drill? When should the first oil change be and when should we be removing the oxygen sensor and plugging the whole in the exhaust? I am assuming you change the map when you remove the oxygen sensor by swapping the black plug they gave me but what else am I missing? I want to break my bike in easy and have put about 180 miles on it. I am thinking I am nearing the magic point where it would be save to remove the oxygen sensor and change the map. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
 
BTW in advance the "Break in? You don't need to break it in" "Ride it like your stole it" "ride it hard and rev it to the moon" "You don't need to break it in" comments don't offer any value for those of us who are choosing to take it easy on a new motor.
 
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At 180 miles, it's done. You can ride anyway you want to now. The hone in the cylinder for breaking the rings in is gone in 50 miles.

You should change the oil at 100 miles, then again at 300 miles.
 
I went about 25 hours (490 miles) with the throttle stop and sensor in. Changed oil and filter to Spectro Petroleum 20-50 Off Road at 80 miles then changed again at 280. Had power up done (sensor removed and resistor installed, throttle stop removed) and oil and filter change to Spectro Semi-Synthetic Off Road 20-50 at 490 mi. Also got an Uptite exhaust. I rode it pretty briskly as far as the throttle stop went...6000 or so.

Always warmed it up for min 3 min.

Although my dealer was cautious about the warranty, ....this is CA....other dealers would remove the sensor and let them run richer, not a bad idea overall I think. If you trust the dealer to back the 6 mo warranty then power up is less an issue.

If you power up you'll need to run iBeat and set TPS and CO 1, 2, 3

My dealer is/was George Erl, a Baja winner on many occasions so I just said, "OK, "
 
I always kinda follow the manual, but change the oil much more frequently than recommended. The first change is usually at around 80-100 miles, and that's for a long service interval bike, not something like the 310.
 
My dealer is completely useless and hopefully plan on never having to go to them again. I'll mail order everything because closest deal is 2 hours away so it's cheaper to get it shipped to my door. Sounds like I am good to go on doing the power up. My only concern is I think the throttle stop my have already been pulled by dealer as was the quite insert in the exhaust. I'll do the oxygen sensor and resistor this weekend. My biggest concern is going to be the iBeats stuff because i doubt the dealer even has iBeats or know's how to use it to modify settings. I'll see how the bike responds onces the other stuff is done. hopefully it will help the on off light switch throttle responce when slow going in first gear.
 
Tessier said:
I figured I would start this thread because I have seen a few guy's asking the question with out answer's. What is proper break in? For those of us that want to break in our motor's "correctly" what is the drill? When should the first oil change be and when should we be removing the oxygen sensor and plugging the whole in the exhaust? I am assuming you change the map when you remove the oxygen sensor by swapping the black plug they gave me but what else am I missing? I want to break my bike in easy and have put about 180 miles on it. I am thinking I am nearing the magic point where it would be save to remove the oxygen sensor and change the map. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Tessier said:
BTW in advance the "Break in? You don't need to break it in" "Ride it like your stole it" "ride it hard and rev it to the moon" "You don't need to break it in" comments don't offer any value for those of us who are choosing to take it easy on a new motor.
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"Correctly" break it in? Depends on who's opinion you ask. Their are absolute experts on both sides of the equation. I guess I won't offer a answer since my way is not necessarily the "easiest" way. Then again you answered your own question by stating those of you who are choosing to take it easy on the new motor. Do just that, take it easy.

Even with the not so easy way of breaking it in, revving it to the moon is never a good idea.
 
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