Hi all.
I recently purchased a 04 GS1200ss with low kms - I am very much enjoying the beast.
I've read that the 01-02 Bandit 1200 had some oil consuming issues (piston design relating to oil ring piston holes being oversized) and with the the GS1200ss being a bandit based engine sold in Japan around those years have there been any similar issues with the NZ 1200ss engines. i.e. is it something I should keep an eye on. If so did Suzuki NZ do anything?
Second question and not specifically related to this engine - what is considered acceptable oil consumption from a large bore motorcycle now-days - I'd expect very little, but I notice when finding the above Bandit oil issue the official Suzuki America release stated that up to a liter per 1600kms was acceptable - this sounds like a shit load to me. After all my Honda Accord with 220 000 kms will be lucky to use 250ml in 7-8000 kms, ditto my Madza with 110 000 on it. Mind you our Mercedes vans at work burned about 4 liters per 10 000 kms until they hit around 25km and settled down - apparently all acceptable by the makers!
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