...for all of the kind words.
Nice to meet you too, Jer! I spend a lot of time in Chicago, and even they bag on Iowans! (Personally, I think they are just jealous.) I love your offer to kick your own ass. So like a Midwesterner: industrious AND polite!
Re, the break-in, Patrick: Yes, it is new. Although I don't trust myself to do anything other than very basic maintenance, I did actually read most of the manual. For example, I memorized 12,19, 25, 37 (shifting points, which work pretty good for me, BTW) and I now know you can't just leave the bike sit for a year and expect to be able and hop on and ride.
But the break-in period is one of those eye rollers - it states, without any hint of humor, that you should only use 1/4 of the throttle for the first 100 miles or so and only 1/2 for the first 500. I don't know about you, but that would limit me to my driveway. Also, how the hell are you supposed to know you've used precisely 1/4 of the throttle?
It also says to "vary" your speed. I think I got an A on that one.
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