Warm it up, shut it off for 2 min., hold it upright, look in glass...should be in the middle.

Keith,

you should see two lines to the right of the little round window. That is the not enough and to much lines. If you change the oil and filter it will take a little more then two quarts.

dang I type to slow.

Keith55 wrote on 07/01/08 at 15:49:27:
i remember my "first time"

crap you wrote a book on your first time  

Put 2.5 in & you'll be draining it. Drain the oil, swap the filter, INSTALL DRAIN plug,, add 2 quarts, go for a ride, let it sit a couple of minutes, put it in first, get down on one knee with a drop light laying on the floor, reach up & grab the throttle, straighten the bars across the bike, pull down & across & stand the bike up, Slowly, feel it slowly stop resisting, then, it will start to press into your hand, as it comes over center. Push back, gently, rock it back & forth & you can feel when its traight up & down. Look at the sightglass. There are 2 lines, one ( as mentioned earlier) is for Not Enough Oil, the other, PLenty Full. I dont like being close to the bottom one, or over the top one, Its okay when its NOT perfectly full, as long as its not almost to the lower line.

2 quarts. More than that and you'll be draining the excess. Don't ask me how I know.
Ride safe,
Jay

Yeah, I made the mistake of going by the owners manual when i did my first oil change.
When i locate one i'm going to buy one of those mirrors on a antenna shaft thingies to check my level. It sucks having to get the wife to come out and help me check my oil level. lol