Oil Consumption During Break-in?

[Pterodactyl_imp]

I guess if the sight glass is unusable due an age related condition it wouldn't be too difficult to fabricate a dipstick. You could tell if it was long enough and the lines were correctly inscribed by looking through the sight glass. Uh.....wait a minute.

Cheers

[Cormanus]

[OldF7Guy_imp]

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.

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.

[the Ferret]

I actually prefer the sight glass. Never have been able to read a dip stick accurately, car or bike. Seems I have to wipe it and dip it 4 or 5 times before I am satisfied I know what the oil level is. Then there is the do you just put it in and pull it out, or put it in, screw it down and unscrew it and then read it?

Other than having to get down on my knees to see the site glass I find it far superior to a dip stick., but that's just me.

[Pterodactyl_imp]

Me too.

[Cormanus]

I actually prefer the sight glass. Never have been able to read a dip stick accurately, car or bike. Seems I have to wipe it and dip it 4 or 5 times before I am satisfied I know what the oil level is. Then there is the do you just put it in and pull it out, or put it in, screw it down and unscrew it and then read it?

Other than having to get down on my knees to see the site glass I find it far superior to a dip stick., but that's just me.

And the difference with a sight glass is ....? What exactly? On Monday you do what Honda tells you and the sight glass says it's OK. On Tuesday, having not ridden the bike at all, you do the same thing and the sight glass says something different. There's no oil to be seen anywhere. An hour later on the same Tuesday you repeat the process and get a different answer again.

Pffffft. Oil's tricky stuff. It mucks about with your head. Just look at how much time goes to talking about it on this forum.

[Short Timer_imp]

Pffffft. Oil's tricky stuff. It mucks about with your head. Just look at how much time goes to talking about it on this forum.
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Where would we be without it?

[Pauley]

Sight glass is nice. I prefer over a dipstick. The only PITA is that little wiper thingy.

[ClassicVW_imp]

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.

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
Yep. Either works and bot are variable. But it's a PIA having to squat or kneel down to peer with ageing eyes at that bloody sight glass and not be sure what you're seeing. A dipstick is altogether easier to interpret.

So, in my humble opinion, the clown who thought of the sight glass was a dipstick.

Just when you kneel down old man make sure your nurse is nearby to give you a lift back up!

[Randy B]

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.

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
Yep. Either works and bot are variable. But it's a PIA having to squat or kneel down to peer with ageing eyes at that bloody sight glass and not be sure what you're seeing. A dipstick is altogether easier to interpret.

So, in my humble opinion, the clown who thought of the sight glass was a dipstick.

Just when you kneel down old man make sure your nurse is nearby to give you a lift back up!

Just when you kneel down old man make sure your nurse is nearby to give you a lift back up!
She had better be HOT!!!!