DaveG Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Hi all, apologies if this has been asked before but I couldn’t get a google search to pull up anything. I need to put 600 miles on my new bike over the next 5 weeks and wondered how I should look to do it. I was thinking a few 50 - 100 mile weekend trips out on some quiet b-roads but I’m concerned about the lack of revs i’ll be able to use. I’m imagining changes under 6k revs will be slow process so should I look to try and do mostly 30mph roads do you think? Some of the b-roads I had in mind might be 60mph in places.Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 17 miles a day or 120 miles a week! just get out and ride the bike! I can easily cover 200 miles taking a nice easy ride! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttly Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 I did three hundred over two weeks just by popping out for an hour and a half most days. This enabled me to practice as well which was the joint aim as well as adding mileage. From where I lived I aimed to do some round town, five to ten miles, and then double that or more on A roads. I did a duel carriageway for about forty but that was boring. Good luck, agree with previous post, just ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikestrivens Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 as above, just ride it on a wide variety of roads at different rev ranges, but not too long in any particular rev band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mississippi Bullfrog Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Any roads will do but you want to avoid running too long at set speeds, revving it too high and most importantly do not let it labour. I'm running in a new bike and went round N Wales yesterday on a mix of A, B roads and short stretch of dual carriageway. Keep the engine revving freely without giving it full throttle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikestrivens Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 watch this:https://tinyurl.com/y7aa5632 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 watch this:https://tinyurl.com/y7aa5632 lost interest after they idle the bike for 5 mins! get on and ride! by the way just posting the you tube url will show the video on the forum like so rather that directing away to youtube "> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikestrivens Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 watch this:https://tinyurl.com/y7aa5632 lost interest after they idle the bike for 5 mins! get on and ride! by the way just posting the you tube url will show the video on the forum like so rather that directing away to youtube "> Actually it’s the riding bit that’s most important, but heyho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Actually it’s the riding bit that’s most important, but heyho! and thats the point I was making! idling is not good for an engine just get on and ride Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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