07-12-2015, 09:21 PM
Heres another thought. I am assuming you have less than 600 miles on the bike you are still running factory oil. These bikes come over filled from the factory, therefore the window is completely covered with oil and it's difficult to tell how full it is. The entire window will be dark.
Once you do your 600 mile service you can put in a couple ounces less than what is called for and then sneak up on the upper line on the case, so it's easier to see the true level. My brpther and I have a philosophy, once we change our oil, and since we do it ourselves we KNOW how much oil we put in, unless it's burning oil or leaking oil there is no need to check it between 4000 mile changes.
And Randy is right, motorcycle transmissions do not like being down shifted multiple times at once while not moving. Sometimes someone in front of us short stops and catches us in say third. In this instance you will need to let the clutch out far enough to engage ( bit not necessarily move the bike) then pull it back in and continue down shifting. Nature of the beast. This should be rare though, we can usually down shift a gear or two at a time and arrive at our stop in first gear.
Once you do your 600 mile service you can put in a couple ounces less than what is called for and then sneak up on the upper line on the case, so it's easier to see the true level. My brpther and I have a philosophy, once we change our oil, and since we do it ourselves we KNOW how much oil we put in, unless it's burning oil or leaking oil there is no need to check it between 4000 mile changes.
And Randy is right, motorcycle transmissions do not like being down shifted multiple times at once while not moving. Sometimes someone in front of us short stops and catches us in say third. In this instance you will need to let the clutch out far enough to engage ( bit not necessarily move the bike) then pull it back in and continue down shifting. Nature of the beast. This should be rare though, we can usually down shift a gear or two at a time and arrive at our stop in first gear.