Hi everyone. I just picked up my M695 Dark today and have been having fun with it. I have some questions I was hoping people on this board might be able to help me with (I did do a search for most of them but didn't find anything definitive... so sorry if this smacks of repost ;D
#1 The manual says keep it at 6000 rpm or lower for the first 600 miles. Rory at Munroe Motors in SF told me that this was not really necessary. He said just don't beat the hell out of it, and don't baby it. He said they've seen more problems when people baby it during the break in period than from people going over the 6000 rpm limit. Opinions?
#2 The bike is running lean. After it heats up a little bit, it starts to misfire in first gear when I hit the throttle. I think this is patently wrong for a motorcycle (not to mention dangerous when you are expecting the engine to engage fully and it doesn't). The mechanic I spoke to at Munroe said that there wasn't anything he could do to richen up the mixture. Is that true, or is he just being a lazy bastard? I've seen references to removing the emissions box. I haven't seen a thread that actually explains this mod (maybe I need to look harder). Is that generally the way to fix this problem or should I be beating on Munroe's service department to take care of this? Will it go away on its own as the bike breaks in?
I love the bike, though... it really feels very very nice. Need the 14t mod, though... most of my riding is in the city and I'm finding that I'm staying in 1st gear way too often. The 14t should help with that, no?
Thanks in advance.
(pics will follow soon)
Pete
#1 The manual says keep it at 6000 rpm or lower for the first 600 miles. Rory at Munroe Motors in SF told me that this was not really necessary. He said just don't beat the hell out of it, and don't baby it. He said they've seen more problems when people baby it during the break in period than from people going over the 6000 rpm limit. Opinions?
#2 The bike is running lean. After it heats up a little bit, it starts to misfire in first gear when I hit the throttle. I think this is patently wrong for a motorcycle (not to mention dangerous when you are expecting the engine to engage fully and it doesn't). The mechanic I spoke to at Munroe said that there wasn't anything he could do to richen up the mixture. Is that true, or is he just being a lazy bastard? I've seen references to removing the emissions box. I haven't seen a thread that actually explains this mod (maybe I need to look harder). Is that generally the way to fix this problem or should I be beating on Munroe's service department to take care of this? Will it go away on its own as the bike breaks in?
I love the bike, though... it really feels very very nice. Need the 14t mod, though... most of my riding is in the city and I'm finding that I'm staying in 1st gear way too often. The 14t should help with that, no?
Thanks in advance.
(pics will follow soon)
Pete