Advice re Yamaha FZR750

[matty2670]

I have been offered an old FZR 750 in decent condition, with about 30,000 miles on the clock. The guy selling it is a colleague and I trust him - he has told me that it has started burning quite a bit of oil. Is this likely to be something expensive to fix or likely to kill the bike soon? I really only want it for commuting til I can afford something newer. Apart from this and needing new discs and other consumables, it's a pretty tidy bike. Can anyone give me some advice?

[chevrolet1.8]

assuming it hasn't been overfilled with oil which would make it smoke, it is possible that the oil rings on the pistons are worn letting oil by. i don't know how much parts would cost but if you are going to do the job yourself just make sure you have a haynes manual or something similar to help you if you will only use the bike for a while before getting something else just keep an eye on the oil level and top up when you need to.