Oil Consumption

[Ulvetanna_imp]

I would have thought the oil is a great deal hotter and therefore behaving differently after a long run.

It's just speculation on my part. I'm not basing it on any real knowledge of oil behaviour.

You're at least on the right track there for sure. The oil expands and also drains very quickly after a long ride and will show a high reading. I got fooled that way a couple times. Especially with so much oil as this bike has, have to follow the procedure exactly.

Basically I found what others have, if you drain the oil after warming the bike, replace the filter without filling the filter with any oil, it'll take four quarts to put the sight glass level just under the top line. I just did it a couple weeks back, it was right on the money.

I used to drain the oil cold, put oil in the filter, all that stuff ends up giving false readings. Got to follow Honda's procedure.