Now that's a warranty

**marks** · 21st January 2009, 08:46

Spoke to Motorad in Wgtn yesterday re the skyrocketing oil consumption of my KLR. Had a call this morning saying bring it in on 2nd Feb for a fix - no questions - no mileage tests

simply AWESOME.

**Paladin** · 21st January 2009, 10:25

Originally Posted by marks

Spoke to Motorad in Wgtn yesterday re the skyrocketing oil consumption of my KLR. Had a call this morning saying bring it in on 2nd Feb for a fix - no questions - no mileage tests

simply AWESOME.

Great news! Fingers crossed they sort the problem for you.

Have to say I also find Motorad great to deal with.

**ducatijim** · 21st January 2009, 12:05

You shoulda gotta DR eh Mark!!!!!

Mine done 50000km, all hard ridn, trackdays,hours bogged in sand .....and......

......she still don't know the taste of oil!!!!!!!!

**wysper** · 21st January 2009, 12:07

Originally Posted by ducatijim

You shoulda gotta DR eh Mark!!!!!

Mine done 50000km, all hard ridn, trackdays,hours bogged in sand .....and......

......she still don't know the taste of oil!!!!!!!!

Imagine how much better she would run if you actually put some oil in

**Digitdion** · 21st January 2009, 19:52

Good luck Marks! Lets hope they do you right. I am sure they are good to deal with. But there is one reason why they are so keen to please. Thats because there have already been cases of your model of bike being oil guzzlers. Lets hope they sort out the problem 1st time.

Good luck!

**pete376403** · 21st January 2009, 20:30

We both owe a vote of thanks to Dion for getting the facts on the piston rings that set the precedent.

Pretty hard for Lyntech to argue with the e-mails from the factory that say the rings have been altered, since the introduction of the '08s, to reduce oil consumption.

**Pickle** · 21st January 2009, 22:15

Also dont run the KLR's on synthetic oil, better the old mineral stuff. My KLR has done nearly 50thou & doesnt use oil. Change regularly, clean air filters all basic maintenance, run forever.

**ducatijim** · 22nd January 2009, 13:03

Originally Posted by Pickle

Also dont run the KLR's on synthetic oil,...

Great advice there, its WAY too dear if they develope a taste for synthetic......you know>>> champagnae taste on the beer pocket book kinda thing!!

**tri boy** · 22nd January 2009, 18:11

Will they give the ugly fat pig a liposuction

, and horsepower implants while they are at it?

**Padmei** · 22nd January 2009, 18:42

Originally Posted by marks

Spoke to Motorad in Wgtn yesterday re the skyrocketing oil consumption of my KLR. Had a call this morning saying bring it in on 2nd Feb for a fix - no questions - no mileage tests

simply AWESOME.

Hey Marks

When did you start to notice the oil consumption? Did you keep a note on levels during the oil changes or was it looking at the sight glass on the side & notice it dropping? Or was it billowing smoke?

Ive done 8k so far but hasn't dropped past the sight level yet beween changes (approx 3-4k apart).

After all the paranoia about the 08 I thought it's no big deal if I had to be adding a bit of oil every month or so. What's your story or has it already been written somewhere.

cheers
c

**Woodman** · 22nd January 2009, 20:00

I know mine isn't an 08 or 09, but it only uses oil when it gets caned, other than that it is sweet. There is a mod where you put a pcv valve in the breather which I'm gonna do this weekend that reduces oil consumption. May be different on the new ones though.

**Oscar** · 22nd January 2009, 20:09

Originally Posted by Padmei

Hey Marks

When did you start to notice the oil consumption?

cheers
c

Oil consumption would have reduced the power output by 50% (to 5 hp)....

**Quasievil** · 22nd January 2009, 20:16

Originally Posted by Pickle

Also dont run the KLR's on synthetic oil, better the old mineral stuff. My KLR has done nearly 50thou & doesnt use oil. Change regularly, clean air filters all basic maintenance, run forever.

Really ? run your bike on inferior oil why would you do that, does inferior Mineral oil offer better engine protection....nope....... does inferior Mineral oil make give a bike better fuel consumption nope............does inferior Mineral oil allow longer time/distance between oil changes.........nope, does inferior Mineral oil offer any advantage over superior synthetic oil........nope

Sorry not being a smart arse (not really) but I find it amazing that people say Mineral oil has advantages over synthetic, which in a round about way is what your post reads as. Its simply not possible, the only advantage Mineral has over Synthetic is its cheaper to use initially, but its a false economy as the long term bennifits of synthetic outway the short term advantage of mineral oil, such as reduced maintenace costs engine wear and improved fuel economy, to mention but a few.

At worst use a semi Synthetic, never use a 100 % Mineral basestock based product, polyalphaolefins Group 4 basestock oil is the only thing you should aspire to use.

Yup Im in the industry lol