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My bike has basically always burned some oil and I've never really measured it against my mileage to volume or had any type of consistent riding (i.e. city, commute, freeway, hooliganism). But I had just returned from a 2300 mi./3700km trip recently and went through about a quart in that time of some pretty hard riding. I typically keep my level a bit over the line using the level bike screwed in dipstick between the hours of 3-4:15 AM but never during Ramadan or while the Easter bunny has seen it's shadow... So when doing some post trip maintenance I took a looksee in through the sparkplug holes and to my eyes the cylinder walls didn't look too hot. I haven't seen a whole lot of cylinder walls, especially on air cooled bikes, but honed is not the word I would use to describe what I could see. Seemed like I could feel the roughness (if I could) if that makes sense. There was no "crosshatch", just rings parallel with the....rings/piston. One sparkplug had that typical sooty build up like the "Elephant Man's" bones, the other had a small amount of oil residue but I've seen worse. What do you guys think? I've read varying opinions on Guzzi oil consumption, but seems like most spine frame guys don't use much. Do the cylinders look bad when you see them through a small hole and I'm just a paranoid little sissy that should just ride the dam thing? It runs great pulls like a train and never smokes.