| Re: Valve stem oil seals.... I experienced smoking on my ultra-low mileage FXR (less than 3 thousand miles on a 17 year old bike when I bought it). It came to my attention at night, because it was easy to see a smoke trail in the headlights of following cars.
The oil consumption was tolerable, but in the end I just got fed up with the smoking. Since fitting new stem seals and piston rings (with a hone) my oil consumption is now so low it can't easily be measured. Job done.  |