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2012 here, used 2 quarts of oil so far over 6k miles.
is that from oil seeping past the piston rings while it's angled that way?
2012 GS/A with 12,000 miles. The bike consumed nearly 2 quarts between the 6k and 12k services, close to 3 quarts between the 600 and 6k services.
So I guess it's getting better.
It's puzzling to me why some new camheads consume very little oil and yet others appear to guzzle it like they're on a college drinking binge. ? ?
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The 2011 RT Camhead, which I started driving the day is was unboxed, was taken on a 300 mile break-in run over three days, again the "Motoman" technique with the full warm-up and cool down routines. At the 600 service, the bike had used about a half quart. Over the next 2500 miles as the designated demo bike, I monitored the oil, and it did not use any that I noted, although the dealership might have added some. I purchased the bike at the 2500 mile point, I did another oil change with dinosaur oil at 3000 miles, and ran it to 6000 mile service. Over that period, only about a 1/4 cup was used. At the 6000 mile service I switched to full synthetic, and up to now (6500 miles) the oil consumption is zero.
similar to mine... on my 2012 Camhead, I rode it like I stole it (not quite Motoman, but close and with in the limits of the owners manual) I hit the top PRM's often enough, and I downshifted thru all gears (including 1st).. After the 600 mile service and only 1/3 quart loss, I used a 20W50 Dino thru 1600 miles with similar (although higher RPM, up to 7500) acceleration runs and such, and then topped off the oil with only 2 oz and ran it for another 1200 miles... normal riding. Seeing little to no consumption, I've now switched to a Motul 20W50 for the remaining 3000 miles until the 6000 service... and will remain with that oil for the rest of it's life.. Thus far, in 600 miles on the pure synthetic, the sight window reads exactly the same... 0 consumption.
Mine is a 2012 demo bike. Was almost to the top of the sight glass this morning. I rode the bike about 300 miles today and it's halfway up the sight glass. It's parked in the same spot in the garage on the center stand. Currently have about 3200 miles on it. Always smell burnt oil at a stop.