Phoenix, gets 4 to 9 inches of rain per year annually. You never know when its going to come, but its mostly during the monsoon season in July to October.
Yeah, this year it came in the fist part of the year, and the day before and after I bought a new bike.
If I was an idiot, I’d say it was global warming, or climate change or whatever they’re calling it now. but I’m not an idiot. It’s dumb luck. Or my luck. Either way, it’s damn inconvenient. I need to break this bike in.
Internal combustion engines are a crap shoot, but new bikes gotta break in. Piston rings gotta seat, and all the moving parts get to where they are comfortable doing what they are designed to do. New Mothers worry over nursing new babies; Bikers worry over breaking in new bikes.
I’m gonna do this one right. The first 500 miles I’ll do what they tell me to do; vary my RPM for the first 500 miles between 1500 and 3k. I’m doing it mostly because there’s some local things I wanna explore, and 500 miles isn’t a problem. I think I have a pretty good grasp on how engines work, and this method doesn’t exactly make sense to me, but I’ll do it anyway. I should have that by the new year. I’d have had it now, if it wasn’t raining.
I’m fired up as all hell. I’m gonna go see a thing on this bike.
Why can’t you break in the bike when it rains? Just wondering because seems that happens with every bike.. it rains like, well… anyway, I figure she better get started off right… ;). Enjoy the new ride!!