Modern Vespa : Do HPEs use a lot of oil?

Do HPEs use a lot of oil?

greasy125 UTC details Sergeant at Arms Weird 80's Vespas & Cool Vintage Lambrettas Joined: UTC Posts: 14988 Location: The state of insanity, SoCal
greasy125 Sergeant at Arms Weird 80's Vespas & Cool Vintage Lambrettas Joined: UTC Posts: 14988 Location: The state of insanity, SoCal	UTC quote more like Highly Parched Equipment! Neutral

SteelBytes UTC details Veni, Vidi, Posti 2019 GTS 300 HPE Supertech E3 62,000km Joined: UTC Posts: 6087 Location: Batmania aka Melbourne, Australia
SteelBytes Veni, Vidi, Posti 2019 GTS 300 HPE Supertech E3 62,000km Joined: UTC Posts: 6087 Location: Batmania aka Melbourne, Australia	UTC quote greasy125 wrote: more like Highly Parched Equipment! That's a Highly Possible Explanation

znomit UTC details Veni, Vidi, Posti LX190 Friday afternoon special, [s]Primavera[/s], S50, too many pushbikes Joined: UTC Posts: 10550 Location: Hermit Kingdom
znomit Veni, Vidi, Posti LX190 Friday afternoon special, [s]Primavera[/s], S50, too many pushbikes Joined: UTC Posts: 10550 Location: Hermit Kingdom	UTC quote steelbytes wrote: Sadly after 2 years of topping up the oil my guns haven't grown. They can't work miracles. Have you tried adjusting your valves weekly?

SteelBytes UTC details Veni, Vidi, Posti 2019 GTS 300 HPE Supertech E3 62,000km Joined: UTC Posts: 6087 Location: Batmania aka Melbourne, Australia
SteelBytes Veni, Vidi, Posti 2019 GTS 300 HPE Supertech E3 62,000km Joined: UTC Posts: 6087 Location: Batmania aka Melbourne, Australia	UTC quote Hopeless Piaggio Engineering?

SteelBytes UTC details Veni, Vidi, Posti 2019 GTS 300 HPE Supertech E3 62,000km Joined: UTC Posts: 6087 Location: Batmania aka Melbourne, Australia
SteelBytes Veni, Vidi, Posti 2019 GTS 300 HPE Supertech E3 62,000km Joined: UTC Posts: 6087 Location: Batmania aka Melbourne, Australia	UTC quote znomit wrote: Have you tried adjusting your valves weekly? I'm too weakly to do it weekly

znomit UTC details Veni, Vidi, Posti LX190 Friday afternoon special, [s]Primavera[/s], S50, too many pushbikes Joined: UTC Posts: 10550 Location: Hermit Kingdom
znomit Veni, Vidi, Posti LX190 Friday afternoon special, [s]Primavera[/s], S50, too many pushbikes Joined: UTC Posts: 10550 Location: Hermit Kingdom	UTC quote Helping Petroleum Executives.

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breaknwind Ossessionato Red Devil SH150i (11,000) Joined: UTC Posts: 3270 Location: Orange Park Florida	UTC quote Do I check the oil/coolant/brakes/tire pressure and condition every time I ride? No. Do I check them often? Yes, I use my trip odometer and do a full check every 200 miles.

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Mike Holland wrote:

From my reading, quite a few HPEs do use a lot of oil when new, but after a year or so it will hardly use any.

Pretty much the consensus as my dealer see it. As it is, I'll have the sight-glass-equipped oil pan installed at the 600-mile service for Thelonica (she arrives sometime this week, so I'll have some ground to cover till then). Of course, the way I ran Melody, she did use a bit of oil, but nothing outlandish.

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