[burkbuilds]

I'm with dhgeyer on the break in stuff. You might not do any damage doing it according to the way the dealer told you but the Engineer's at Suzuki were convinced that you definitely wouldn't do any damage if you followed the recommended procedures, therefore, the recommended procedures. Plus it gives you an excuse to ride some nice back roads and just get to know your new bike. You'll have the 500 miles on it in about a week to a week and a half if you ride every day. I'll also second his recommendation of making sure you change out that oil from the "break in" period, it is down right nasty after only a few miles of riding. When I bought my 09 Vulcan I changed mine out at 200 miles and then again with a new filter at 500 miles, then at 1,000 miles and then at 2,000 miles on the odometer. That might be extremely excessive but I got over 200 psi at each cylinder at 3,000 miles when we put the gauge to it, it's tight! There's a lot of crap in that oil when it's breaking in and I didn't want to leave anything in there that might scar my cylinders or mess up my valves.