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Old May 12, 2022 | 05:11 PM
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S&S 111, about 1/2 quart 600miles..
 
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Old May 12, 2022 | 05:20 PM
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Stock 107 M-8. At least a quart between oil changes. More if I’m blasting around the NC mountains.
 
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Old May 12, 2022 | 06:28 PM
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New in January of this year, M8 has used about 1/2 qt in 6300 miles.
 
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Old May 12, 2022 | 06:30 PM
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35,000 miles on 107, with Stage 2…uses about 2/3 quart in 5,000 miles.
 
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man..I have no idea. I put notches in my dip stick and I check it often so if is low..I top it off.
 
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My 2000 Heritage and my 2014 Limited don’t use enough to add between changes. Just lucky I guess.
 
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My 2019 114 uses a quart every 5000 miles. My twin cam with over 50000 miles never used a drop.
 
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2007 Twin cam....60k miles....O between oil changes
 
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For the M8 owners (including me) I read here last year that up to a quart every 1500 miles was within spec, and was told personally at a large dealer svc dept last year that up to a quart every 1000 miles was “within spec”.

I have no idea whatsoever how accurate either of those statements are.
 
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30k on my King , not a drop .
 
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