Author Topic: New Member with a 16' that burns oil like CRAZZZZYYYY!!!  (Read 1652 times)

Attack_690

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Picked up the bike yesterday. Turns out KTM told the tech the 6% leakdown was good and they won't warranty anything until there is 4k miles on the odometer. Also they want me to switch back to dinosaur blood for oil. They said the bike will never "break in" fully if you don't run the dinosaur blood in the engine to 4k miles! Well, I'm sure I'm not the only one that has put full synthetic Motorex in the bike at the first oil change over 600 miles... They don't state this in the owners/service manual, but say this is the reason for the excessive oil burning. They also stated that it is within tolerance to consume 1cc of oil per mile. That is an insane amount to burn! I told them that if at 4k miles the bike is still consuming copious amounts of oil I will be back immediately. I also told them KTM should supply me the oil as I've already wasted over $100 in oil that has been burned. They agreed immediately. We will see what happens in the next 2300 miles.

Anyways just wanted to let the community know of the issue which is already known and of what KTM has said and what KTM is willing to do...