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voldigicam Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 327	Oil use? 08/07/09 at 05:20:29 I am running the infamous Rotella. At 600 miles, I found myself about 1 1/2 oz low. I know this isn't much. I am presuming this is typical and nothing to be concerned about at all. Correct? I sometimes catch a whiff of hot oil. I can't find a leak or stain. Probably again nothing to be concerned about.
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Reply #1 - 08/07/09 at 06:51:21

Not bad at all - the huff and puff of these big singles will cause a some oil usage depending on how hard you run it.

With a multicylinder engine the oil mist air under the piston when it goes down has some place to go - another piston is going up - on a single it just goes out the head breather hose into the air and then right back in as the piston goes up - with a little loss along the way when some of this are is pulled into the air intake as well as some oil condenses and settles into the bottom of the air that should be drained with each oil change.

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voldigicam Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 327	Re: Oil use? Reply #2 - 08/07/09 at 07:49:01 Makes sense! Thanks. I do hear some huffing and puffing, wondered what that was, didn't put 2 & 2 together. Yet another weird sound not to worry about. Earplugs really help with this bike - I'm not used to the noises!
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serenity3743 Serious Thumper Offline Striving to better, oft we mar what's well Posts: 778 Black Mountain, NC Gender:	Re: Oil use? Reply #3 - 08/07/09 at 08:45:47 voldigicam wrote on 08/07/09 at 07:49:01: Makes sense! Thanks. I do hear some huffing and puffing, wondered what that was, didn't put 2 & 2 together. Yet another weird sound not to worry about. Earplugs really help with this bike - I'm not used to the noises! Is that because bicycles run so quiet?
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Oil use? Reply #4 - 08/07/09 at 12:08:07 My bicycles not quiet I have a piece of cardboard held on with a clothes pen so the cardboard hits the spokes as I ride.
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Duane Senior Member Offline Creatively Maladjusted Posts: 335 Terra Plane Gender:	Re: Oil use? Reply #5 - 08/07/09 at 12:54:45 I think our bike is too quiet stock. Well except for when the spedo vibrates, that drives me nuts.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28644 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Oil use? Reply #6 - 08/07/09 at 13:27:26 Duane wrote on 08/07/09 at 12:54:45: I think our bike is too quiet stock. Well except for when the spedo vibrates, that drives me nuts. You should try what Bill did....
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