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For non-coated cylinders it can take a few thousand miles for the oil consumption to slow. For an engine with forged pistons there will possibly be consumption indefinitely especially if the drives are short as the engine will consume most oil when cold and tolerances are wide. The fact these have so much oil and take a relative long period of time to reach operating temperature leads me to think a spare quart or two should be part of your on-the-road supplies.
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“Of the value traps, the most widespread and pernicious is value rigidity. This is an inability to revalue what one sees because of commitment to previous values. In motorcycle maintenance, you MUST rediscover what you do as you go. Rigid values makes this impossible.”
― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
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