12345678910111213EVU005301- OPERATIONRead the Owner’s Manual carefully to be-come familiar with all controls. If there is acontrol or function you do not understand, askyour Yamaha dealer.WARNINGFailure to familiarize yourself with the con-trols can lead to loss of control, whichcould cause an accident or injury.Engine break-inThere is never a more important period in thelife of your vehicle than the period betweenzero and 20 hours.For this reason, we ask that you read the fol-lowing material carefully. Because the engineis brand new, you must not put an excessiveload on it for the first several hours of opera-tion. During the first 20 hours, the variousparts in the engine wear and polish them-selves to achieve the correct operating clear-ances.During this period, prolonged full-throttle oper-ation or any condition that might result in ex-cessive engine heating must be avoided.However, momentary (2–3 seconds maxi-EE.book Page 1 Friday, August 3, 2007 4:52 PM
