Shifting

oh cool...

well, in any event, be fuckin careful bro - it's a serious machine as you probably realize.

Shift when you wish - just be sure an don't ever-rev it, you should adhere to keeping it under 6000 fo the first 500/600 miles (occasionally you can bring it beyond, but use common sense). For 600-1000 try and keep it under 8 grand - remember not to run at one RPM constantly, when you're cruising one the highway, change gears from 6th back to 5th 4th etc - this way the engine gets to run at different rev levels and the tranny gets to run in different gears - it's more important to keep things changing than it is to keep it under a certain level.

lastly, my recomendation is to change the oil at only 250.300 miles- thats when most of the real metal shavings and gunk really wear of the jackets- then you can change it again at 1,000 miles when you're really past the break in period.

good luck and ride safe

Step number one: Juice it till' it feels / sounds good.......SHIFT.......repeat step number 1.

:machinegu

I'm not kidding.........I gas it till the adrenaline is running out of my eye sockets then I shift.

It's more of a "sound" thing for me......when the pipe growls right.....I shift. I don't even really look at the tach......I figure if I get too much adrenaline going, the rev limiter will tone me down.

I didn't have a break in period.....I purchased mine from a friend who was getting divorced and need to get out from under the payment.....it had 900 miles and it's first service on it when I got it, so all I had to do was twist the throttle and hold on.....TIGHT!

Good luck with it man!