Re: [ST] Running without oil

[Tom Emberson <ate_st@xxxxxxxxxx>]

My $0.02, well I would want a letter from the dealership stating 
what they did, the text would be simple, "On Feb x, 2003, our 
representative rode the bike with no oil. No oil was left in the 
bike on our advice, and thus the dealership had fun knowledge of 
the lack of oil in the bike. If in the future, with proper 
maintance by the owner, any problems remotely related to lack of 
oil will be cover by the dealership", Okay, I'm no lawyer, but 
they will likely want some limited liability, adding in a 
mileage and time. They may even request you to take good records 
of your maintance.

But my guess is if they open the bike up to see if any damage 
was done, if will probably be worse off. Since the bike did not 
get up to full temperature, and I will assume the bike had been 
operating in the previous week, my *gut* feeling is that there 
would be enough oil on the rings and in the bearings so that no 
damage was done. I would suspect it would be roughtly the same 
as leaveing the bike sit for a year and starting it up.

I would suspect that a car engine with oil lifters would not 
fair nearly as well.

And again, I am not a mechanic, not a lawyer, so take my advice 
as worth as much as your paying for it.

Tom

On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Ralf St.Clair wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I need you folks' opinion on something. Today I called my local 
> dealer because my 01RS (still under warranty) was having a minor 
> wiring problem. It was a rusty alternator connector causing severe 

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