You hit the nail on the head! The weather just hasn't cooperated since I bought it. If it was summer, I would have done the 600 miles one day, changed the oil and done the other 400 miles the next day. I've had the bike since 12/20/2017 and only have 480 miles on the clock. I only get to ride on weekends and it seems to either be cold and rainy, snowing, or the roads are covered in salt and sand. The time I have been able to ride, I've gone as far as I can before turning into a human popsicle.
Not being able to open it up is KILLING ME!!!!
your post is EXACTLY the reason kaw has specified as they did... attempting to add up miles, isn't a break in... it's called running the bike.. and THAT does not suffice as a substitute for varied up/down engine revs, which effectively seat rings.
it also does not provide the actual heat up/cool down/repeat cycle, needed to make the intervals realistic. Add in the fact people have this affinity to
change oil prematurely, and sometimes do it multiple times, thinking it benefits breakin, are also another reason they specify oil change and break in intervals... and in my opinion they actually could have extended both intervals by another 25%, which would surely benefit the breakin process..
The first oil change does actually remove the possible metal from the system, as it should be in the filter, which gets changed, but any larger particles are actually sitting on the surface of the intake screen of the oil pump.. running in at a lot of miles "only", doesn't change the actual oil pressures to migrate stuff, and force the filtration to occur. Now add in the need for proper lube on the cams and clutch, the variation in up/down rpm changes, and it somewhat becomes a bit clearer.
Other than a "forceful" Intensive short breakin, on a dyno, with proper cooling, and using forced "high/low" rpm changes wayyyyyy outside the parameters Kaw recommended, which I do not condone, they have given the "minimal" intervals in my opinion...
Adding another variable, which Kaw is aware of, is the fact "everyone wants to run synthetic oil"... which actually prevents the engine from doing it's proper wear in process.., same as someone who changes the oil 5 times more than specified, thinking they are doing "good things", when in effect, they are just exacerbating the need for an even longer time to accomplish the process..
I stand by this simple statement..."IF KAW WANTED SYNTHETIC OIL IN THIS BIKE, FOR BREAK IN, AND THE FIRST 5000 MILES, THEY WOULD HAVE PUT IT IN FROM THE FACTORY".
they didn't and have their reasons for it.
Now, after all that, I can say I wouldn't have fear of going over the rpm limits, a FEW times during the breakin, but doing it on every take off isn't recommended.. my personal preference for doing the break in process is heading to an area of hills, and mountains, where you actually get the best benefit from the up/down accell/decell cycles doing their job, running on flat roads for long distances using a "max rpm" limit as a device to cause pistons rings to seat isn't conducive, and likely the reason Kaw says to go "xxxx miles"
so, be patient, wait the weather out, and enjoy the bike for a long time to come.