Low Oil Implications

[Mogan]

Oy!!!!!!!!

I'm a very bad boy.

I was working on my 05 yesterday and noticed the oil window was low. So I filled it up (1/2 way up the window) and she took almost a quart! The bike has 2100 miles on it, 1500 since its last oil change. Does this seem like abnormal oil consumption? Did I damage the bike by running it so low? I didn't notice any running problems....

Needless to say I will be checking oil level before every ride.

 

[jestal]

Unless you've been holding it at redline for mile after mile I would doubt seriously if you hurt anything....

 

[Warchild]

The bike has 2100 miles on it, 1500 since its last oil change.

A 2005 with only 2100 miles?

There's the problem... the bike is rebelling because you don't ride it enough! :lol:

 

[Geezer]

I doubt you hurt the bike running it a quart low, but I would be concerned about where the oil went. Is it possible the oil level was like that after the last change? If you really lost a quart of oil in such a short time then check for leaks and take a look at the ends of your mufflers to see if there is any residue there.

 

[radman]

I would venture the bike is now almost a quart overfilled. Unless too little was installed at the last change, I seriously doubt it's used that much. The window is notorious for ambiguity, one minute high, the next low. The level is best checked shortly after a ride-this gives the most accurate reading.

 

[SkooterG]

Dude!

You need to spend less time obsessing, and more time riding!

 

[Mogan]

I, Mogan, have been charged and summarily convicted by this FJR forum for owning an awesome bike and failing to ride it a respectable amount.

Awaiting sentencing...

On the oil front, doesn't seem to be leaking or burning. I suspect it was low at last change.

 

[FlyingLow]

Redeem yourself, good fellow. Ride it to Reno.

Or ride it to Sturgis and get one of those cool "I Rode Mine" shirts.

 

[petey]

Oy!!!!!!!!
I'm a very bad boy.

I was working on my 05 yesterday and noticed the oil window was low. So I filled it up (1/2 way up the window) and she took almost a quart! The bike has 2100 miles on it, 1500 since its last oil change. Does this seem like abnormal oil consumption? Did I damage the bike by running it so low? I didn't notice any running problems....

Needless to say I will be checking oil level before every ride.

If you can see oil in the window, I don't think it was low enough to damage the motor.

 

[Toecutter]

I, Mogan, have been charged and summarily convicted by this FJR forum for owning an awesome bike and failing to ride it a respectable amount.
Awaiting sentencing...

Sentencing will be held July 29th, 2006 at the Reno Hilton Grand Courtroom. Failure to appear will result in additional penalties.

 

[dcarver]

Damn - now that's reason enough to go to Reno! Court is in session!

 

[Rogue]

The bike has 2100 miles on it, 1500 since its last oil change.

A 2005 with only 2100 miles?

There's the problem... the bike is rebelling because you don't ride it enough! :lol:

How long does it take for oil to evaporate? Jestal?

 

[twowheelnut]

I, Mogan, have been charged and summarily convicted by this FJR forum for owning an awesome bike and failing to ride it a respectable amount.
Awaiting sentencing...

Sentencing will be held July 29th, 2006 at the Reno Hilton Grand Courtroom. Failure to appear will result in additional penalties.

Yeah, it's time for Whopner, yeah...

 

[Rogue]

I, Mogan, have been charged and summarily convicted by this FJR forum for owning an awesome bike and failing to ride it a respectable amount.
Awaiting sentencing...

Sentencing will be held July 29th, 2006 at the Reno Hilton Grand Courtroom. Failure to appear will result in additional penalties.

Yeah, it's time for Whopner, yeah...

Sentenced to ride pillion on a Saddle Sore 1K!

 

[ionbeam]

1) No steady oil warning light, no worry.

2) Are you a riding buddy with (the MIA) Brundog?

 

[Mogan]

1) No steady oil warning light, no worry.
2) Are you a riding buddy with (the MIA) Brundog?

No on both counts. And, I can deal with whatever punishment the forum chooses EXCEPT this pillion crap. If I must go, I will be driving!

 

[Mogan]

I have a legal question for the justices on high court of the supreme council in FJRland.

If I am able to attend Reno and I win the contest for the most farkled FJR, will my sentence be commuted?

 

[Geezer]

Hmmm, lowest mileage and most farkled. Somehow that is not a good combination. Maybe if you show up with cords showing on your tires.

 

[SkooterG]

If I must go, I will be driving!

Well there you go, there's your problem. You want to be driving, when you should want to be RIDING!

I have a legal question for the justices on high court of the supreme council in FJRland.
If I am able to attend Reno and I win the contest for the most farkled FJR, will my sentence be commuted?

With as little miles as you have, your sentence will be more severe should you win most farkled FJR. :lol:

What the heck happened to Brundog anyways? I miss our miles challenged friend. Without him around, poor Mogan may be in trouble.