New bike drinking oil???!!!!
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New bike drinking oil???!!!!
I have an '06 Ultra, 88 cube motor. It has had its 500 mile service and at 2300 or so miles, I had to add a quart of oil. Is this the norm for this motor? Please tell me it ain't true!
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No, it is not normal. I have a '05 rk custom 88". Had the 1 k done and haven't lost any oil since. But, I do know that the '05 had an issue with this, so I will check my oil tomorrow. lol It's under warranty still, so i would suggest getting it checked out. If you don't have the time, check it again in a thousand miles, or so, and see if you are still losing oil.
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My 06 Ultra has not/does not use oil. I used sin-3 from 5kto 10k and changed to Mobil 1. 2000 miles on this oil change since 5/1/07 and still on the full mark. I do verry little short trips. When I start it I usually go for a 50/60 mile ride. Maybe that has something to do with it? Take it out and ride it for long trip and let it pull hard to see if the rings need to be seated better, Cant hurt??
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Glide
On other forums, AKA BMW, it's very commoon to read threads about early mileage oil usage and the dangers of switching prematurely to synthetix. My 2001 FLHTCI has 35K and uses maybe 1/4 qt between changes. In the early days it would burn 1 qt every 1,000 miles. The rings seat and stuff starts to fit better and the usage decreases over time. With a two-year warranty, I wouldn't worry about it. I would run it hard, 3,500-4,000 rpm on highway and let it run in. Just my 2 cents worth.
On other forums, AKA BMW, it's very commoon to read threads about early mileage oil usage and the dangers of switching prematurely to synthetix. My 2001 FLHTCI has 35K and uses maybe 1/4 qt between changes. In the early days it would burn 1 qt every 1,000 miles. The rings seat and stuff starts to fit better and the usage decreases over time. With a two-year warranty, I wouldn't worry about it. I would run it hard, 3,500-4,000 rpm on highway and let it run in. Just my 2 cents worth.
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I have an '06 Ultra, 88 cube motor. It has had its 500 mile service and at 2300 or so miles, I had to add a quart of oil. Is this the norm for this motor? Please tell me it ain't true!
I have an '06 Ultra, 88 cube motor. It has had its 500 mile service and at 2300 or so miles, I had to add a quart of oil. Is this the norm for this motor? Please tell me it ain't true!
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RE: New bike drinking oil???!!!!
No, I have never had to add any oil to my 06 Road King Classic between changes. It was fine till I did a big bore kit at 5K. I now have 13.8K on it and it still does not burn any oil.
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RE: New bike drinking oil???!!!!
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Glide
On other forums, AKA BMW, it's very commoon to read threads about early mileage oil usage and the dangers of switching prematurely to synthetix.
Glide
On other forums, AKA BMW, it's very commoon to read threads about early mileage oil usage and the dangers of switching prematurely to synthetix.
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Glide
On other forums, AKA BMW, it's very commoon to read threads about early mileage oil usage and the dangers of switching prematurely to synthetix.
Glide
On other forums, AKA BMW, it's very commoon to read threads about early mileage oil usage and the dangers of switching prematurely to synthetix.
So based on that, there is a small risk of using synthetic from the beginning and none using a fossil break-in oil during the first critical break-in miles. A friend and race-engine builder told me if the rings don't seat in 50 miles they will never seat. That said, I would use the oil installed at the factory for at least a few hundred miles, then change to synthetic. Just my 2¢.