If its normal with the stock exhaust then I'm fine with that, I was planning on installing a Full Termiginoni system anyway but seeing that made me nervous. As far as not riding in stop and go traffic are you referring to during the break in period or just avoid doing it at all?
I was refering to doing it in break in period, but I avoid riding in traffic at all times with the 1198 or any other "streetbike" I use a scooter for in town rididng or take my stuper duke for short haul rides and in town squidding around.There are many views on "break in " but I have used dyno for the last 8-10 bikes I have owned for break in purposes and had verry good luck with it. You only get ONE SHOT to break a motor in properly, anything after that is just running a motor. Thr crucial break in period occurs in the first 20 min of the motor running.
A buddy brought his new 1098 last year and broke it in to factory spec, ended up getting a complete over haul this past winter under warantee, to replace some leaky oil rings in BOTH cylinders, after replacing the rings, the dealer broke it in on the dyno for him.
His 1098 with a 70mm system dynoed out at 141.6 (before the rebuild)at the wheel, while mine with just the slipon dynoed out at 149.8 both bikes are 2007 1098s and mine never lost or burnt a drop of oil betwen oil changes, and his would eat the better part of a liter of oil between changes.After the rebuild he got 151 @ the wheel....only 1.2 hp more than mine......and he has a full system....WTF over ?
I believe the one reason the Mfg does not tell you to break it in hard is due to legal reasons, I can just imagine ,yes I was doing 140mph officer, but the "book" told me to break my bike in this way ? The old Mcdonalds coffee thing comming into play here, someones going to sue someones ass for missrepresentation somwhere.
google "breakin secrets " and read the whole thing ! not just parts of it, and make the decision for yourself . I know I just opened a can of worms on this subject, as it seems to cause a lot of confusion on every fourm I have been on.
You don't see the WSB or the F1 or Moto GP guys running a motor in for a thousand kms before they bag the shite out of it.......woops......yes I know this isn't WSB or F1, but a motor is a motor, and thats just the best way to treat it no matter how long it's meant to last.