Originally Posted by Bandit400man

That's what I heard...but just don't know cause there's no pooling. An It's not intermittent, its a steady decline over time. But yes, its more pronounced on long rides it seems, as compared to a few miles here an there around town...
An no seepage either. You wipe clean, it stays clean...

Originally Posted by tbartley

My .02 to that question is yes. I had my a-box off about a dozen times in the past couple months and would discover some oil. I wiped it out and checked the ventilation tube coming from the front cylinder. It would have oil in it, also.

That's my experience with this situation. It's intermittent, but definitely does occur.

8541Hawk...you are one of the Kings on this site...never forget that!

Originally Posted by 8541Hawk

So to get back on topic after that brief intermission....

If any of you would like to know more about why I have the theory (and yes it is just a theory like I stated when I first posted it) of how the intermittent oil consumption can be caused by the ring gaps lining up, I would be happy to write it up.

It is rather simple and quite logical if you look at things like, number of pistons, engine displacement & crankcase volume.

Also, at least on my bike, each and every time, I have had this happen there have been traces of oil in the airbox.

So it is on of those things of, if it is not leaking out it has to be going somewhere. Plus why does it only do it intermittently? As on mine it will do it once in a while and then just stop. If it was caused by a seal or ring failure I can not see how it would stop once it starts.

If anyone else has a theory of why this can happen, I would like to hear it.