if you're buying new motorcycle and it's your first new motorcycle then you need to watch
this video when you buy a new bike the first thing you need to do is run it in and if you
look in the owners manual it'll explain how many miles you need to be doing that for and it does
vary but for the first say 500 miles you want to be riding the bike fairly carefully fairly
cautiously to allow all the parts to sort of bed in together and to get to know each other if you
overdo it to start with then you could have problems later on because you may have worn
some parts out so you need to be very sort of careful with it for the first 100 200 300
miles or so until the bike is properly running so we'll explain in this video how to do it
now starting off with the tires the first 50 miles of your new bike you want to be a bit careful and
don't expect the tires to be fully grippy because as they come out of the mold in the tire factory
they have to have a non-stick coating on them and some of that may still be left on the tire so you
want to allow a bit of riding 50 miles would be fine to allow the sort of wear and tear of driving
on the roads to sort of where all that's sibley stuff off and then your tires will be fine so
riding the bike for the running in period you want to be riding fairly gently with it don't over rip
it so as you go through the gears and go through the gears as you normally would don't over a bit
so don't get the most maximum revs in each gear before you change you just want to be changing
early don't stress the engine I likewise if you're saying third gear or second gear and you're going
really slowly and you decide to pull away and you find the bike is laboring it struggling with that
you're in the wrong gear that's bad for the engine as well so you want to avoid doing that - after
say a week or so of riding you want to go through the bike and check everything's tight so you can
do it by finger tightness - but ideally if you had a spanner on the right tools just to double-check
but you can visually check if anything's loose and also you should have a little window to tell you
the oil level and the bike needs to be upright but if that's empty and you can't see any oil
then you need to top up the oil and make sure you check in your owner's manual what sort of oil the
bike needs and never overfill so make sure you sort of get it to the right level it will tell
you in the little window there so be methodical go from say front to back and check everything
visually and give it a little wiggle to make sure everything is tight and nothing's loose then you
want to check your chain for tightness so with your finger or something push it up and down there
should be some play in it if it's really really tight then it's too tight or if it's slapping up
and down on the frame then it's way too loose and check in your owners manual how much play
there should be if your needs adjusting then you need to undo the bolt either side here where the
wheel is loose enough for it to move but not too loose and then you have a lock nut here which you
undo and then you've screwed yes either side then there's a little marker there and you as you screw
it you'll see the chain rise a little bit and you'll know it's getting tighter but make sure
really this it's the same either side otherwise the wheel will be wonky in the frame it's really
important to keep your chain lubricated so once a week get a chain spray and spray it all over
and make sure it's lubricated because you never want a dryer chain it would be ruined so that's
very important and also throughout the life of your bike always keep an eye on the oil levels
and what-have-you and take it to the dealer to have it serviced properly unless you can do it
yourself but you know it needs to be serviced to keep everything lubricated and oiled now
this particular motorcycle the Sinister is a four-stroke engine so all you need to do is
put petrol in the tank if you have a two-stroke motor cycle normally somewhere around here you
have a little oil tank which you have to keep the two-stroke oil never ever let it go down and
some older motorcycles or even racing bikes that you mix it in the can and put it in the tank if
you've got one of those you won't be watching this video 6 you'll usually have a little oil
tank for two-stroke oil there but as I said I'm a four-stroke that's not something you need to do
now one other thing you need to be very careful of when you're looking after your motorcycle is never
put oil or grease or anything on the brake discs because they need to be dry to be able to work so
it be very careful of that and when you're riding the bike running it in brake normally try not to
over brake so in other words don't come bowling into somewhere and then slam the brakes on try
and do everything normally if you have to do for an emergency of course that's fine so you want
to avoid any any harsh braking or also prolonged very very light braking you can put a shine on to
the pad so just try and use the brakes normally when you wash the bike you might find that the
discs go a little bit rusty so don't clean that off with anything oily like I said just run the
bike down the block around the corner just to sort of wear off the rust and the so they have
it that's how to run in a motorcycle this black we've done a full review on so please check out
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