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Just wondering what your experiences have been. I've only ridden my new bike about 600 miles, and had to add oil twice, half a quart in total. I first checked the oil after 300 miles, I saw it barely above the bottom line of the site glass. Thinking the dealer sent me off without checking the oil, I added 250 ml. After putting another 300 on it, I checked it this evening, and there was no oil to be seen through the glass.
So, I'm thinking I'll be calling the dealer in the morning. I was checking the maintenance manual, though, and it states a max allowable oil consumption of 0.85 quarts/500 miles. That seems pretty excessive. I'm guessing I won't be told that my oil consumption is within specs??? After all, I wouldn't have bought a BMW that I intend to put a lot of miles on if I had been told its entirely tolerable for it to burn close to a quart of oil every 500 miles, when I've ridden Jap bikes that have never burned oil on me. And even what I'm seeing, half a quart after 600 miles, is unacceptable. I don't want to have to carry oil with me when I tour. Any advice?