thanks Euro Dude, much appreciated and the rest of you guys thanks.
i read the mototune article and my old man says kinda the same thing about easy drive/idle till the engine is at normal operating temp then do some low flying, he said its about reaching the revs and speed and engine temp, not how fast u get there (which is thrashing) i guess i shoulda just listened, he is a mechanic after all. i asked him about the manuals saying to take it easy, and he laughed saying easy to tell everyone to take it easy then telling to drive it hard after a warm up and 1/2 the ppl just thrashing it.
Basically, drive it cautiously until the engine is warm, then drive normally but no clutch drops and hard starts.
BTW, the manual doesn't say to drive it gently. It says to avoid hard starts and clutch drops, as well as vary your RPM.
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