using oil
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"How consented should he be?"
But, if you meant 'concerned', then that's up to him I guess. Maybe he has disposable income and doesn't care for the bike much more than how fast he can get a 'good deal' on a trade in, much like yourself.
Or, if the bike means a little more to him than yours does, then he could get a service manual, a few tools, and learn how to tell you what you are missing as part of the completion to your biking experience...
(I could have elaborated on how to diagnose his oil consumption problem(s), but you probably would have screwed the message all to hell with your lack of concern over how to repair a perfectly good machine which you might consider nothing more than used up refuse to be passed on to some low life grease monkey like me.
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Last edited by Def Mute; May 10, 2013 at 07:17 AM.
What year is his bike/how many miles? Im going through this now with my 05
Dealers will tell you that a quart in 1k is ok. But I call BS on that one. Thats a ton of oil going through 2 small cylinders..
Dealers will tell you that a quart in 1k is ok. But I call BS on that one. Thats a ton of oil going through 2 small cylinders..
Last edited by hyde802; May 10, 2013 at 10:48 AM.
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Is it smoking,?? leaking,?? or what.??.
pends on what the total pic is.!!
U might want to lean to put in a little more info about the bike when asking a question in here...
We can't read Ur mind..
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pends on what the total pic is.!!
U might want to lean to put in a little more info about the bike when asking a question in here...
We can't read Ur mind..
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Is he using synthetic or conventional oil? My Honda VTX 1800 uses oil when I have synthetic AMSOIL in it. Every 1500 miles or so I have to put a full quart in. When I switch over to conventional oil it doesn't use a drop.
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my son-n-law has a later 2005 road king and don't burn oil
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Talked to my friend again today and he is using mobil 1 synthetic. The bike doesn't seem to be smoking and is black inside the exhausts. It is a 1995 Dyna with aprox 50,000 mi. I have owned 4 Harley's and have never had this problem. I had a 72 once that slung oil everywhere, but that was the chain (do you remember those days?). The most miles I ever put on one was about 70,000 and never had this problem.
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