The ride home will be 150 <> miles. I have read on here to stay below 7000 rpm for first 600 miles. That seems kinda high. However I will vary the speed/rpm and take a few little rests along the way. On flat ground if I don’t exceed 60 or 65 mph what rpm am I looking at ? I have very few secondary roads where I can run 45-55. I can’t plan too long of a ride home since my son will be taking me to the dealer the morning I pick up my new GT. Thanks for any replies.
New BMW C650 GT plan to ride home from dealer
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Yes; at 65 you'll be operating at speeds that do not drive engine RPMs above 7K on the C400GT (presuming thread title is incorrect).
Yes , sorry I meant to type C 400 GT. My bad. Good news as I would rather ride it home than trailer it 150 miles. More fun and that much closer to break in mileage (600?). I intend to vary rpm, run up a bit , back off, constantly varying the speed/rpm. And my first oil change will be 300 <>. Miles. This will be my 32nd motorcycle/scooter. So I’ve done a few break in runs and always with good results. Thanks for your replies.
wspollack
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You'll be fine. (And be mindful of those slick tires for the first, oh, ten miles or so.)
Here's the relevant page in the owner's manual:
Oh, and if you watch the first few and last few seconds of this test I did last fall, just to check out the max down-hill speed of the bike, and see what the tach had to say at such times, you can see that you can ride at a reasonable back-road speed, certainly, under 7,000 RPM. Those first and last few seconds were on almost level ground (note the altitude number on the right), while the higher-speed stuff in the middle was all downhill:
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wspollack
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I just edited my post above, including a video to help you out with that. Refresh the page or something ...