09-10-12, 09:04 AM
As stated above the light is for 'OIL LEVEL' & NOT oil pressure, I personally have not had to top up my oil on my own bike this year, but I have only covered about 800 miles!
I have found that you need to have the oil level right at the top of the sight glass with nothing to about a 1mm gap at the top.
Unfortunately there isnt a fix it's just a niggle with these bikes (also mentioned above).
I have had several Gen 1's in the past & I did have one that used about 250ml of oil every 250 miles, which isnt acceptable (this bike was a low mileage bike with known history too!). Oil consumptions can vary. It all depends on mileages, how they have been maintained & how they have been used. If it is using 300ml in say 3,000 miles I would not say it isnt worth worrying about at the moment, but then again it still isnt great. If it's using 300ml in 300 miles then the obvious thing is to look for external leaks first, if non found I would then do a compression test.
chitsu.
I have found that you need to have the oil level right at the top of the sight glass with nothing to about a 1mm gap at the top.
Unfortunately there isnt a fix it's just a niggle with these bikes (also mentioned above).
I have had several Gen 1's in the past & I did have one that used about 250ml of oil every 250 miles, which isnt acceptable (this bike was a low mileage bike with known history too!). Oil consumptions can vary. It all depends on mileages, how they have been maintained & how they have been used. If it is using 300ml in say 3,000 miles I would not say it isnt worth worrying about at the moment, but then again it still isnt great. If it's using 300ml in 300 miles then the obvious thing is to look for external leaks first, if non found I would then do a compression test.
chitsu.