11-19-2016, 05:50 AM
Changed the oil today, and did the chain clean. Brake flush may have to wait a few days since I'm about to head out on Thanksgiving holidays and, if I'm honest, don't want to wrassle the bike back onto my porch tonight (live in an apartment).
This is my first bike with a sight glass like this for oil, and I'm having a heck of a time figuring out how to read it properly.
I dropped 5 quarts of oil in, and got about 3 out. Changed the filter and torqued everything appropriately, but the glass looked 'full' to me before the 5 quart mark.
I did the normal, crank and warm up for 5-10 minutes, let drain for a while, etc. Bike was level.
I haven't had time to run it around the block, not sure if I want to do that before I drain a bit out, is there an overflow or blow off, or will the bike manage to overpressure itself? Kind of a strange question probably, but I work with hydraulic systems that DO have blow-offs to prevent ruptures so I just assume similar systems do.
This is my first bike with a sight glass like this for oil, and I'm having a heck of a time figuring out how to read it properly.
I dropped 5 quarts of oil in, and got about 3 out. Changed the filter and torqued everything appropriately, but the glass looked 'full' to me before the 5 quart mark.
I did the normal, crank and warm up for 5-10 minutes, let drain for a while, etc. Bike was level.
I haven't had time to run it around the block, not sure if I want to do that before I drain a bit out, is there an overflow or blow off, or will the bike manage to overpressure itself? Kind of a strange question probably, but I work with hydraulic systems that DO have blow-offs to prevent ruptures so I just assume similar systems do.
