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What's the spark plugs look like ??? The Kid
Have you been doing interstate riding lately? Wondering because the manuals for all the Japanese bikes I have owned say you should expect to consume some oil with high speed riding.
FWIW, I took my '08 Wing with 66k on it cross country in '21 on a 6k trip and had no observable oil comsumption. Similarly, in '19, I took my '12 Wee Strom with 43K miles on it cross country on a 5k trip and had no observable oil comsumption either. Both bikes were ridden on a mix of interstate and secondary highways. I'm the original owner of both bikes and am diligent with the oem specified maintennace routines. I guess I missed the statement in the Japanese owners manuals indicating that increased oil consumption could be expected with high speed riding. However, I didn't miss the statement in the owners manual for my '78 HD FXE that specified at some point during the useful life of the vehicle valve train failure will occur...yeah, that was an eye opener.IMHO, vehicles manufactured today should consume no noticeable amount of oil between oil changes. My '21 Subaru uses 0w-20 oil and consumes no noticeable amount of oil between oil changes. 0w-20 oil is like water...viscosity wise, to me. How some vehicle manufacturers can say oil consumption rates of 1 quart/1k miles is acceptable is outrageous, again, IMHO. I hope I didn't put the maloik on myself with my good fortune of having no oil consumption issues with some of my old junk.
For the sceptics that don't believe in breaking your rings in by loading the engine can continue believing what they want. I have been in the engine rebuilding trade since 1981 and every engine that we installed was taken out and driven in a lower gear both on and off the throttle a number of times to seat the rings according to the directions from the Hastings piston ring company and the ones that got that treatment never had a problem with oil consumption. DonG
Mine has used 100ml per 1300 miles since new. I fill it up when it’s close to the bottom mark and it goes up a bit past the halfway mark. I have no cat, mistral exhaust, vTwin boost dongle and SAS delete. Bike gas always ran fine. I do run it in rain mode since I like the throttle response there.
Again, considering the amount of expansion and contraction that occurs in an air cooled engine, I expect some oil usage. If my V7 continues to use oil at this rate it won’t bother me a bit. It just means all of the rings are getting lubricated