How Much Oil Have You Had To Add Prior To 6,000 Miles?

[Aufgeblassen47]

Just curious. I'm at about 800 miles, and it looks like it is about 3/4 of the way to needing to add a quart.

[Spyderlass]

If you're sure it was at full when new, that sounds like too high an oil consumption to me. At that rate, if it's being burned rather than leaking, I'd expect to see a haze of blue exhaust smoke.

[Docster]

Hope there's a good number of Rykers with ≥ 6K miles.

[Aufgeblassen47]

If you're sure it was at full when new, that sounds like too high an oil consumption to me. At that rate, if it's being burned rather than leaking, I'd expect to see a haze of blue exhaust smoke.

I had an RV that we got at about 6 years old and had about 25,000 miles. It burned a quart every 500 miles for the 12 years we had it. No blue smoke. Consequently, I added a quart of oil every 500 miles, and NEVER changed the oil. It got 10 quarts of FRESH oil every 5,000 miles, which is exactly how much oil it held, and was the exact oil change interval! I only changed the filter every 5,000 miles. But I digress.

But yes, when I 1st checked my Ryker oil, it was up to the max. line.

[chris56]

I reach the 6.000 miles next week - it seems that I needed NO oil in this time .. i filled in 0,15Liter but I didn`t know how to check the oil 10 seconds after the engine is switched off and not 2 minutes after that .. (like the Manual) - there are also no other issues on mine ..

[RykerUSA]

As mentioned in a previous post, just finished 4000 mile trek to the rocky mountains and back. No visible oil loss on the dipstick. Still at the full mark. Quite impressive!

[Aufgeblassen47]

As mentioned in a previous post, just finished 4000 mile trek to the rocky mountains and back. No visible oil loss on the dipstick. Still at the full mark. Quite impressive!

Actually, you should use some oil. Otherwise your engine is NOT getting proper lubrication and will wear out quickly.

[hypurone]

Actually, you should use some oil. Otherwise your engine is NOT getting proper lubrication and will wear out quickly.

Um, so not true. Not sure where you heard that but it is simply not the truth. A proper oil control ring configuration will leave the correct amount of oil on the cylinder walls to properly lube the compression rings but NOT be so much they don't wipe the remaining amount from the walls and get burned off... And it is 2 completely different things as to proper piston ring/skirt/wrist pin lubrication vs oil control. Just sayin, and coming from 20+ years of auto tech experience. My 2010 Camaro that I have Supercharged @ 9psi uses NO oil. Yet manages to repeatedly put down 11 sec quarter miles times for the last 18k miles!

[leenanj]

Actually, you should use some oil. Otherwise your engine is NOT getting proper lubrication and will wear out quickly.

What!!! That statement would be true if it was a TWO stroke engine.

[Highwayman2013]

Actually, you should use some oil. Otherwise your engine is NOT getting proper lubrication and will wear out quickly.

My F3L doesn't need oil between changes. 9,666 miles on the last one and no oil added.

[Mazo EMS2]

Oil???? You mean these things need oil??? What kind? We haven't had to add any oil to the wife's 900. Smooth sailin' with 1600 miles so far

[Raprider]

I added about 1/2 quart at around 3000 miles.
I had an oil change at 4600 miles.
I added about 1/4 quart just recently around 6k miles.

EDIT: On my 2016 ST-S...998 V-twin.

[EdMat]

Actually, you should use some oil. Otherwise your engine is NOT getting proper lubrication and will wear out quickly.

True, based on old tech of many years ago. With today's materials of construction and advances in lubrication technology the usage between changes is often hard to detect on the dipstick.

[Aufgeblassen47]

Update!!! I checked the oil today EXACTLY as the Manual specifies, and sure enough the oil is FULL! My bad for apparently checking it the wrong way before.