Engine Break-in - How did you do it?

[euphonius]

Alas, when running in a China bike we have to keep a lot more in mind than just what's happening to the piston, cylinder, valves and drive train as we introduce them to the stress of riding. We have to be thinking: Will the bloody thing fall apart? Were all the critical bolts properly torqued? Endlessly debated theories about whether running too lightly will cause unwanted carbon deposits on the cylinder walls mean little if you are afraid your engine is going to fly off its mounts!

I'm exaggerating, of course, but only slightly. What China bike rider does not have a story about parts simply falling off or breaking in place due to poor quality or poor build or both?

With my Jialing JH600, I took it easy for a couple hundred km, but the damned thing was so much fun, and the roads and expressways around Chongqing so devilishly inconsistent and challenging, I couldn't help but hammer her but good. Never quite redlined her, but once I was confident the engine was not coming off, I started pushing pretty hard. I'm now approaching 10k, and she's running sweet and strong. Really love this China bike...