Why Does My Brand New Berg Burn Oil?

It sounds like a valve guide/seal issue. You may try pulling the carb and exhaust headers,to try and observe oil leaking on the valve stems. I have never tried this myself, so I'm not so sure how well it would work. I would want some conclusive evidence before disassembly.

sorry this is a reply to the guy with the new bike smoking

Oil control is by a reed valve not so much by the piston rings as in older bikes. When your motor sets for some time the oil leaks thru the reed valve from the trans area into the crank area. So upon your next startup it takes time to push out the oil back into the trans area.Next time you change the oil pull the left cover off and remove the reed valve and see if a bunch of oil is behind it.And once you have done that put the reed back in only turn it over to try and make it seal up.It is not a very good seal but once running it works well.

My 03 FE400 does similar but I figure it's only on a cold start and is not consuming oil as such then leave it alone as it no major concern. I would suggest valve seals as there is no other place it can seep down from.

This is a quote from coronaberg.
"Oil control is by a reed valve not so much by the piston rings as in older bikes. When your motor sets for some time the oil leaks thru the reed valve from the trans area into the crank area. So upon your next startup it takes time to push out the oil back into the trans area.Next time you change the oil pull the left cover off and remove the reed valve and see if a bunch of oil is behind it.And once you have done that put the reed back in only turn it over to try and make it seal up.It is not a very good seal but once running it works well."

I guess it's a possibility. Usually they will smoke all of the time when the reed is not sealing, but I could see it happening as he suggests.

ahoolsema
how much oil do you put in the eng? if you over fill berg eng. tend to purge them self
via the breather system
what kind of viscosity are you using a thicker oil tend over oil the head when cold and it
would be worse when ambient temp is low

VIKING

Mine only smokes when given a rev for the first minute or 2 and yes only fill the oil to about 1/4 of the way up the iol window or less.

Oil height

Ahoolseme
Answer to your?
Look at your oil level in your motor setting on the kickstand or level and just think of all that oil in the crankcase! When the motor is running it has little to no oil in there only supplied buy the oil jet which the oil rings can scrape off with no problem.If it is half full it will have to run a few min to push the oil out of the reed.

Oil level

I put 1 1/2 quart in mine since new every oil change. Just lean to the right and fill her up no problems. No oil pucking breather always dry and I mean dry on both 501 and 600.

RE: Oil level

Aaron

Coronaberg has a good point, if the crankcase wetsumps, it will burn excessive oil until it pumps the case empty. I have seen this on various bergs in recent years, including the factory riders bike this last summer, although its not an oil cloud that will clear a pit area, it is noticable if you are watching the exhaust. If your motor had 100 hrs on it, I'd perhaps be concerned that you had internal issues, but at 30 hrs, its barely broken in, and if it never had a really good hard work out, that is very unlikely.

That being said, if it smokes enough to clear every bug out of the lower mainland, I'd follow Coronaberg's advice and check the reed or get a leak down test.


fry

My 08 FE450 does it a little bit as does my 07 TC250F Husky. I wouldnt get that alarmed about it.

Once both bikes get warm, the blue smoke goes away.

One of the early technologies that allowed Husaberg to make horsepower was that they used a 'two stroke' style crankcase. In otherwords it is completely sealed from the transmission and the oil pool, except for the passage way beneath the primary nut which is sealed by the reed. When the piston is moving downward, the pressure beneath the piston pushes oil that is puddled in the bottom of the crankcase out the reed. As the piston strokes upward, it creates a negative pressure it the case and pulls the reed closed, stopping the oil from migrating back into the case. The jet is located in teh top of the cases, just beneath the piston. It is fed by pressurized oil from the pump, and lubricates the wrist pin and small end of the rod. What happens when the bike sits, is that oil makes its way, slowly, by the reed, partially filling the case with oil. When you initially start the bike, this puddle of oil is splashed onto the cyl wall, and with the two ring piston, some oil manages to get by and is burned.

Lets hope this is all is happening to you. It seems that a lot of KTM product has the same smoke on start up. I can feel your frustration though, it doesn't sound like the bike shows signs of having huge issues, but still exhibits something out of the norm.

I'm anxious to see your video

I'm sure this is not worth much; my sons 03FE400E had a slight burnt oil smell from the exhaust for almost a full riding season after I bought it new. I feel with synthetic oil in from birth it just took a long time for the rings to seat properly? Who knows just go riding!