Well, I have my thoughts too. Motoman may have proven his ways, but I have proven my own. I have broken in 4 higher performance engines in my time. These included my 225DR 200E (Yamahas) my 110 ATC and my 400EX. I did the 400 and the 225 first. They were the halfway baby type, 1/4-1/2, then 1/4-3/4, etc for about one hour of run time. My 200E and the 110 were doen the motoman way, after I read about the article. Lets just say the 110 is not running. I didn't rev it up, or floor it, just gave it a lot of gas, and under a load. The rings gave up in 6 months. They started to smoke bad, and I started to loose compression.. Fast. One day it just stopped idling. About a week later, the chain broke, and shattered the case. I opened the motor up about a year ago. I found the two compression rings shattered, and in about 15 pieces apiece. They had hit the head, scored the walls, and RUINED the piston. The ring gaps had fused together. No wonder it didn't run! As for my 200e, I rebuilt it 2 years ago. it was my dad's, and the sparkplug was left out during wintwer for some reason. It pitted the cylinder. I got a barely used cylinder and piston, and rebuilt it with new rings, and a fresh hone. Did it again the motoman way. It had run "good" to this day. About 2 weeks ago it has started to smoke until it is warm.... I think It's time the tear it apart and do it again... the right way. Just letting you guys know this.. My 225 has run 5 or 6 years without a problem. Compression has not dropped, and it does not burn oil. Same with my 400ex.. Odd if you think of it.
I own a:
Red 1999 400ex, Some mods, Filter, Skid plate, HMF pipe, etc.
Hell yeah I'm American! And I pay $3.30 for my gas... How much higher is it going to get???