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Old 20 Jul 2011, 17:26 (Ref:2929078)   #8
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Originally Posted by Al Weyman View Post
I thought Motorcycle engines were dry sumped, at least my old Norton Dominator back in the 60's was!
My BMW K1200S is dry sumped but most are wet sumped. Because bikes lean into a corner oil surge through is much less of an issue (BMW did it to mine for packaging reasons). A lot of kit car companies sell dry sump or accusump kits for bike engined kit cars so I guess it's an issue.

As for reliability, my ZXR400 blew up fairly spectacularly every 14,000 miles without fail despite mostly being used in traffic commuting. My K1200S breaks down a lot (it's been broke for the last year) but that has done 80,000+ miles and the engine internals are perfect barring the damage caused by BMW mechanic not knowing how to use a torque wrench and threadlock properly.
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