81 GSX1100E Breakdown??

[posplayr]

friend said there is a puff of blue smoke when changing gears

I would not worry about that it seems normal. I think even ine with complete 1166 rebore puffs after 4K miles on the hard shift.

[chickenstrip]

I would not worry about that it seems normal. I think even ine with complete 1166 rebore puffs after 4K miles on the hard shift.

Thanks I hope your right but a compression test on the weekend will end speculation.Nobody has mentioned blue smoke before and I am not exactly
easy on my bikes even the old ones.We did about 400ks on the weekend and I had to add about 300mls of oil to get back to the high level.Have never done that before but we were not hanging around so maybe??

You have 2 very very nice bikes there

[chef1366]

Relax, you just washed out your cylinders. The rings should reseat and you'll be fine.

[mighty13d]

Relax, ... and you'll be fine.

Those 5 words. Take them to heart. This shouldn't cause any lasting issues. Even if it does burn a tiny bit of oil it will be fine. These engines are pretty hearty engines.

[chickenstrip]

OK but will still compression test it just to see.

[posplayr]

OK but will still compression test it just to see.

hold the throttle open while you do or we will have a new thread about low compression