Alright, most of you on here probably would have done the first oil change within the first week of buying a used bike just because you don't know how long it had been. I've been riding mine for just about a month, and just over 500 miles now. (use it mostly for a short commute back and forth to work so far) I had looked at the oil level 2 or 3 times so far, and noticed that I had to lean the bike past vertical to see oil in the sight glass
I kept meaning to do an oil change and even bought the supplies about 2 weeks ago, but I finally did it tonight
The tech section's guide to an oil change was great, since I knew exactly what to expect when I opened it up and what I was going to need to do.
I pulled the drain plug and left the bike sitting in the garage for about an hour while I did other things. When I came back, I cracked open the oil filter and of course I spilled oil all over the exhaust and the floor
After cleaning that up and opening the fill cap to make sure I didn't keep any vacuum I left the bike again for about another hour before I was able to get back to it.
Making sure I didn't forget anything, I put the plug back in, put the new filter in place (oiled the orings too) and started to fill'er up. Took the first quart without hesitation. When I started to fill the second quart, I thought it seemed like it was taking more than most on here said it should, but keeping the bike level it ended up taking a full 2qts to get it in the mid to upper level of the safe range on the sight glass
Now the surprise was when I went to pour the blacker than black used oil back into the quarts to dispose of them properly, I was amazed to see that I only filled back up 1 qt jug
There really wasn't much sludge or leftover oil in the pan either. When I take it for a ride next to check for leaks I'm going to make sure I check that sight glass a little more often. It scares me to think that I was only running on 1/2 the oil that I was supposed to
I'm just glad I took care of it before something big went wrong (knock on wood)