Oil Consumption

[Ulvetanna_imp]

Ulvetanna, it's probably immaterial, but you would get a slightly different reading checking the bike dead level on paddock stands rather than with the bike on the centre stand, would you not?

Yeah, I don't think just using the rear paddock stand was the same as using the centerstand either, the angle wasn't quite the same. So I took to doing the oil change with the bike essentially level on the front/rear paddock stands which gets me a little more room to work under the bike.

It's gotta be very slightly different but since 4 quarts puts it just under the top mark, that's what I've gotten used to so I use that. I know it's fine because of the volume I put in.

Remember I overfilled the one time? It's really easy to do that. That's really the only thing I am concerned with as far as oil, is overfilling and properly warming the bike for the procedure and for checking the level. Seems to make more difference on this bike. As long as the type of oil used meets the specification called for, and your filter isn't failing and spraying oil all over creation, the rest is up to the owner.