you're right, Grant, about adding more heat to the system if you sit idling and my reply was incomplete and therefore misleading: I meant to say to ride the last bit steadily and hit the kill when you stop rather than either leave it idling or thrash it right up to hitting the kill switch.
that said, I'm interested in your point, Grant, about sucking up oil into the rings. my XRL has used 0.5 litre oil/1000km from new and the rebuild to fit the kick-start didn't uncover any other problems to indicate why it uses oil. it doesn't smoke noticeably, but seems to draw oil up into the airfilter from the gearbox breather.
any ideas welcome
Rich
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