I agree. It sounds a bit high to me but it depends. Constant aggressive riding. 2-up. High ambient temperatures. Oil weight. All variables. Not something to panic about. Top it off and make sure proper oil weight for conditions.

 

That is using to much oil.

 

If he's not blowing out of the air cleaner, then he has a problem. And even then he has a problem. That's way off the scale of normality for these 103 engines.

 

I have 13,500 miles,on my 103 and it does not use any oil between scheduled oil changes.

 

How do you figure that? My sporty never needs to be topped off and my heritage has never needed to be topped off when it was a 96 or 107.

 

Neither my 88 or 103 have needed topping off between changes; have used Mobile 1 or Syn3 since break in, and ride a lot 2 up in hot weather too. 88 has factory cooler since new, 103 has FCS and V-IED since break in. Hope they stay tight! For break in, I followed the factory instructions for the most part, did an oil change at 500 miles, and I also did a series of careful 3rd gear roll on's and roll off's with frequent cooling off periods, and no steady state cruising the first 750 miles. After 1K went to syn. Took a long time in each case, but I was enjoying it. Nothing like enjoying getting to know the new putt!

 

Mine has needed a total of just over a quart and a half in about 5000 miles and I run a 50/50 split between Amsoil 60 and Valvoline 50

 

holy crap. there is no way on earth that your bike should burn a quart of oil in 5 k. Maybe. Just Maybe if u have 100 k on the bike and even then id b alittle concerned.

 

1 quart in 5K miles is the industry standard for H-D.

 

Again. Knowing all of the facts is critical. Could be a guy in AZ running 10w-40 , two up loaded down in 110 degrees. As I said it does sound high but what are the facts around it. For the first 1500 miles on my 103 I used over a half quart. Factory dino. Now red line 20w-50 and about a half quart in 5k.