08-28-2014, 01:52 PM
(08-27-2014, 06:49 PM)Pterodactyl_imp Wrote:(08-27-2014, 12:18 PM)OldF7Guy_imp Wrote: I do wish they would have put a dipstick in the 1100 like the old 750s. Its a minor pet peeve of mine. I mean what a couple of bucks more for a dipstick?Seems every conceivable corner is cut these days and I mean on everything. Not fussing but just saying.
(08-26-2014, 12:33 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Lol I never even look at mine between changes. Every once in a while i'll have some one straighten it off the sidestand while I stand back and see if I can see oil rise in the window and I always see oil coming up, so I'm good.
Just has to have oil between the marks.
Guilty as charged also. I need to change oil now and have not even checked it since the last time I changed it. I hope it still has some in it! And I know better. Have had lots of oil burning cars in my youth that you had to check the gas and add oil weekly. When you finally get something decent the incentive to check the oil goes away because you get more confident and comfortable. At least that is my excuse.
A shortcut? I dunno about that mate. What to do? Build a sight glass into the cover and fit a wiper or fit a dipstick. If the oil level is variable in the sight glass would it be just as variable on a dipstick? Maybe someone thought the sight glass was a better idea. Anyway either would seem to work.
Cheers
A shortcut? I dunno about that mate. What to do? Build a sight glass into the cover and fit a wiper or fit a dipstick. If the oil level is variable in the sight glass would it be just as variable on a dipstick? Maybe someone thought the sight glass was a better idea. Anyway either would seem to work.
Cheers Its a shortcut at least imo. 2 bucks more and your would have a dipstck. HOnda cheaped out here. It IS WHAT it is but it could have been done better.