Many things we do in our hobby is up for interpretation and opinion. Most that give advise don't actually know or are advising from a slighted perspective. Most manuals are written to give the best opportunity to an unknowing purchaser. Todays electronics do not have the issues of yesteryear, most oils are so far above yesteryear on abilities there is no comparison. So anyone starting out and asking questions are pretty much on their own because as with this thread the advice is so varied and so argumentative they would be better off learning the hard way without asking anything.
I am not going to say I know anything or don't know anything but rather this, here is(in video below) a brand new Valach 170. It is being broke in on a stand (supposedly a bad thing), it is being run with 25-1 mixture (only because of the bottom end/crankcase) third run and to date is at 40-1, all the electrical components are within 4 inches of each other (supposedly a bad thing), many things we do in our hobby is up for interpretation and opinion. I must be really stupid doing these things to a $2500.00 motor, right????
Cheers!!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC_OvWXK5hs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiU0-nEW_jc