I noticed the other day my oil level was a liltte low. I bought a litre to top it back up to the upper level.
Today I checked the level and it seems to have gone down slightly. I have looked every where to see if there any leaks any where, but none visable.
I,m now concerned that some thing could be wrong ?
Bike runs fine and no signs of smoke from exhausts, shes only done around the 14000 mark. I must addmitt that now I have got used to her, I tend to ride that much faster and harder.
Is this normal for a storm, as I,ve had the bike for a year now and never noticed this before.
Any ideas chaps .
Oil Usage ?
- bikerpiker
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In over 2k miles since i got my firestorm it's been topped up once,and needed very very little
When i bought my Triumph 1000 ,it used a bit of oil,i mentioned this to a bike mechanic ,who advised me not to use fully synthetic, as it burns away very quickly.
I took his advice and put semi-synthetic in it and everything was fine
When i bought my Triumph 1000 ,it used a bit of oil,i mentioned this to a bike mechanic ,who advised me not to use fully synthetic, as it burns away very quickly.
I took his advice and put semi-synthetic in it and everything was fine
My Firestorm (from new) would use about 150 ml during a hard ride (say 200 miles or so). Hardly used any when used just locally.
SP uses hardly any - but again it uses some on a long hard run.
Unless you start seeing oil where it shouldn't be or clouds of smoke then I'd treat it as normal.
SP uses hardly any - but again it uses some on a long hard run.
Unless you start seeing oil where it shouldn't be or clouds of smoke then I'd treat it as normal.
She's my idea of beauty and thats what I ride.