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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doctorJ" data-source="post: 700540" data-attributes="member: 14995">All the advice you got is good.  One minor thing I'll add is that if you change your oil and filter (BTW, I did all my own 600 mi. service myself) and if you buy the gallon jug of rotella T6 synthetic, the change with filter takes more than the 4 quarts you get so will need to get one more quart size too.  Or you can get one of the 5 quart size like Mobil 1 comes in as long as not energy conserving.  And yes, it is ok to use synthetic oil that soon.  Nick will tell you not to put anything synthetic (oil, final drive gear fluid etc) and to use only yamalube.  I respect him but didn't take that advice since have been using synthetics for years.  And my motorcycles seem to live long and prosper.  Like Jeff said, I rode my 08 home from D&H also but made sure to vary the gearing and rpms often and not exceed 6000 rpms.  I also stopped 2-3 times to allow a cool down before starting up again.  I don't know if that helps any but had been told it was a good thing to do in the breakin period.doctorj</blockquote>