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From: [email protected] (Speedy Mercer)
Subject: Re: I NEED YOUR ADVICE! (I'm a new rider)
Organization: Louisiana Tech University
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In article <1993Apr21.233803.18471@bsu-ucs> [email protected] writes:
>I have a very important question that I haven't been able to find
>an answer to...I've asked mechanics and others about this, but no
>one can really give me an answer that satisfies me.
>I just bought a brand new Kawasaki Ninja 250. I am a first-time buyer
>as well as a first-time rider and this bike seemed to satisfy all my
>needs. This may be the reason I don't know the answer to this question:
>The tachometer has a sticker right on it that says "for the first 500
>miles DO NOT go over 4,000 rpm's, and for the next 500 miles, don't go
>over 6,000. (referred to as the break-in period if you didn't know.)
>Well, if I were to do that, I would never be going over 35 mph even in
>6th gear!!! So my question is, will it hurt my new cycle to take it up
>in the 6-7000 rpm range so that I can at least go the speed limit????
>Any information that ANY of you could give me would be greatly
>appreciated!!!! Just send the reply to my account, or if you'd like,
>back to the net.
>Thank you very much for taking the time to read/reply
>to this.
>Chris Melching
Go the speed limit. As long as your not at the salt flats, you arn't gonna
frag yer ride. I wouldn't ride the DoD minimum until it had 500+ miles on
it, but hell, I do that on a good weekend!
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