BMW R Nine T Urban GS

[tommymck]

Hmmm. So maybe just the air cooled boxer is afflicted?

Afflicted in the sense that you may need to top off the oil once a month or so. These engines have a general reputation for being considered bullet proof for decades, and if anything, the oil consumption gets better as the engine ages. The new liquid cooled boxers consume little or no oil out of the gate. Not sure what the technical reason might be, but it's considered normal by most air/oil cooled BMW riders. I definitely have never seen it coming out of the pipe, nor have been able to smell it in the 20+ years of riding the engine. We'll see what the Urban GS does.