05-14-2014, 05:27 AM
(05-14-2014, 01:11 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Yea it seems pretty common that they come over filled. Remember it gets checked on level ground, on the center stand (or at least standing straight up and down), after several minutes of warm up and several minutes of cooling and technically only needs to be between the upper and lower line.
LOL would have enjoyed watching someone trying to drain a little at a time out of a drain plug.. it's usually like pulling your thumb out of a hole in the dyke. Let off a little pressure and whoa baby here it comes.
*Edit..Meowguy..you won't see any oil in the window on the side stand with the correct amount of oil in the bike..
That's how I did it ferret - and I think you would have been proud of me to have succeeded
I backed off the drain plug until I could feel it was free of the threads, but still held it hard against the hole.
I then tipped the plug a bit to allow some oil to slowly run out (and all over my hand), then screwed it back in. I did this 4-5 times until the oil level was where I thought it should be.
But believe me, I was in mortal fear every time that I might drop the plug and have the whole crankcase drain
I didn't have any other way to do it so I just went for it.
Even though I reused the factory crush washer, I went for a ride and there is no leak - and the oil level is fine.