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by holleywood
Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:53 am
Forum: R1150R (2001-2005)
Topic: Beemer and Harley, contrast
Replies: 85
Views: 27119

Dear Lord...

I've had my YJ for 4 years now. Here's the deal. Nikasil or not, a boxer motor WILL burn oil. Here's why: the sidestand. If you leave a boxer on the sidestand, oil will eventually get past the left piston into the head. As such, it burns that oil. The boxer design also lends itself to this if the ce...