Electric Pocket Bikes: How to Break Them In

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Breaking in a New Pocket Bike
By Joe Hayes

Congratulations on purchasing your new pocket bike, before you start riding it there's a few things you should take special care of to ensure you break it in properly. Proper break-in procedure is critical to ensure a long life for your engine, and to get the maximum performance and reliability out of it.

The first think you should do is add fuel. Most pocket bikes have two cycle engines so you'll have to add the proper gasoline/oil mixture. While breaking your pocket bike engine in, you should use a higher oil to gas mix - preferably about 30:1. This will ensure proper lubrication is present while the rotating parts in your motor get worn into a pattern. During this time there will be excess heat and friction, thus the higher oil content. Your engine will smoke more than usual and make less power, but will be safer and less likely to damage parts.

Once fueled, start the engine and let it idle. At this time, do not rev the motor. Simply let it idle. After about 5 minutes turn the pocket bike off and let the engine cool. Restart and repeat this a total of 3 heat cycles.

Once this initial heat cycling is completed, you can begin to ride the pocket bike. Do not ride it hard, instead putt around at low speeds until you run out an entire tank of gas. Again, you do not want to give the bike much throttle, no more than half actually. Once this is complete, let the pocket bike cool down.

For the third and fourth tank of gas, you'll want to drive the pocket bike at moderate speeds but do not go wide open throttle. It's best to continually speed up and slow down - loading and unloading the engine. This helps to properly seat the reciprocating and tightly clearanced parts. Be sure to let the pocket bike cool down between tanks of fuel.

Finally, after 4-5 tanks of fuel your new pocket bike's engine is considered "broken in". At this time it is safe to go wide open throttle and ride the mini bike hard. You can be assured you've done the basics necessary to properly break in your engine and ensure a long, reliable life.

Joe Hayes is a pocket bike enthusiast, with several years experience in sales and maintenance. For more information about pocket bikes, visit Pocket Bikes dot Info.

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