Honda Fireblade RR8 Oil Consumption
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Honda Fireblade RR8 Oil Consumption
Just been looking at these bikes and found on the web that a few owners had been having issues with oil consumption..... Honda's ''acceptable'' use is 1 litre per 1000 miles. Now for the usual sunday riders that may be 2 litres a year, but i cover about 8,000 miles a year.... ie 8 litres of oil every bloody year !!!! Can any owners tell me if they have this problem, because if so, this bike is off my possibles list. Totally unacceptable, if a car manufacture said that using 15 litres of oil per year (based on 15,000 miles avrg a year) was acceptable they would be strung up.
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It depends entirely on the bike. Some will never use a drop (exaggeration, just mean it will never be a noticeable amount), some will use the "acceptable amount," or even more. High revving small engines will always consume more oil than your typcal low-by-comparison RPM engines in cars.
If I had to venture a guess, I'd say most bikes are in the middle somewhere, mostly towards the low end. A lot of people would consider loosing half a litre every few thousand miles to be excess, and may complain about it as being excess consumption, when its not.
I do agree that a litre every 1000 is quite a bit, and I doubt that many will consume that much. Probably just a "cover your @ss" from Honda, in case people get up in arms about oil consumption.
If I had to venture a guess, I'd say most bikes are in the middle somewhere, mostly towards the low end. A lot of people would consider loosing half a litre every few thousand miles to be excess, and may complain about it as being excess consumption, when its not.
I do agree that a litre every 1000 is quite a bit, and I doubt that many will consume that much. Probably just a "cover your @ss" from Honda, in case people get up in arms about oil consumption.
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There was an issue with the 1000RR from the factory and all bikes sold here were recalled by the agents for inspection - something to having had inferior rings fitted at the factory. The are able to tell from the serial numbers which bikes were affected. Maybe you could check with your local dealership.
For me I'd rather have an engine use a little oil rather than run too "tight" and have other problems. My 1000F uses around 500ml per 1000 Miles, and I don't see that as a problem. I do over 12000 miles per annum and change the oil every 4000 miles. Oil is the least of your problems, costwise.
For me I'd rather have an engine use a little oil rather than run too "tight" and have other problems. My 1000F uses around 500ml per 1000 Miles, and I don't see that as a problem. I do over 12000 miles per annum and change the oil every 4000 miles. Oil is the least of your problems, costwise.
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There was an issue with the 1000RR from the factory and all bikes sold here were recalled by the agents for inspection - something to having had inferior rings fitted at the factory. The are able to tell from the serial numbers which bikes were affected. Maybe you could check with your local dealership.
For me I'd rather have an engine use a little oil rather than run too "tight" and have other problems. My 1000F uses around 500ml per 1000 Miles, and I don't see that as a problem. I do over 12000 miles per annum and change the oil every 4000 miles. Oil is the least of your problems, costwise.
For me I'd rather have an engine use a little oil rather than run too "tight" and have other problems. My 1000F uses around 500ml per 1000 Miles, and I don't see that as a problem. I do over 12000 miles per annum and change the oil every 4000 miles. Oil is the least of your problems, costwise.
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