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oil consumption????

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#1 ·
I have a 2008 Hammer, I cked the oil level today and for a first, it was a little low, it came to the bottom line of the 2 that you use. The bike has 18.000 miles on it. Is this normal to use a little oil?thumb up
 
#3 ·
oil consumption???

I bought the bike new and I have changed the oil myself every time. Believe me I take a careful measurment of how much oil I put in the bike. The only oil change I didnt do was the first 500 miles. I always check it several times between changes. It was slightly low ths time?thumb up
 
#4 ·
I bought the bike new and I have changed the oil myself every time. Believe me I take a careful measurment of how much oil I put in the bike. The only oil change I didnt do was the first 500 miles. I always check it several times between changes. It was slightly low ths time?thumb up
Sounds like I've got 6k more miles left before I need to start adding oil. ;)
 
#6 ·
Got a V92 that barely moves off the mark btwn oil changes at 4K, just for info, not oil debate, using Vic 20-40.. I have put 19K on it, has 39K total. I run the piss out of it!

3K on the Vision, hasn't move a bit since I changed the breakin oil out.
 
#9 ·
I haven't looked in a while, but I know mine has well over 65K miles on it. It has never used a drop of oil.
and we know how you baby your bike half_crazy:D
 
#14 · (Edited)
There's something to that. I tip-topped my XCT off when I did the 500mi oil change. I ended up blowing enough oil into the airbox (through crank case breather) that I got some oil leaking from the airbox. I dropped 1/2 qt on the next oil change and stopped parking on sharp inclines and viola! Like Magic. 9k miles and no consumption though.

Time for one last oil change for the winter.
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