my goodness - i just changed my oil and filter 1500 miles since i got the bike - oil was black and shifting was a little rough - oil comes in quart's as a standard qty...i added 2 when i did the first oil/filter change/ added 2 qts this time - level is in the window when not running nothing visible when engine is running all checked with bike verticle (not on the stand)......nothing in the window on the stand not running.......i have a partial qt that is use to top off the level about about every 500 miles takes a few oz's........as long as it runs good and shifts good - i will stick with the 2.0....hope i never have to do the 2.5 overhaul......

Routy, it aire agin der rools d-tse de nebbees

taint sportn

tse bill instd

mr-fun

I put mine at the top line when the bike is plumb,At 60mph the oil is 1/4 inch below the bottom line.

Routy wrote on 11/18/10 at 13:22:14:

That's what I trade him for too, unless you'll give me something for him.  Ok Ok, what will you take to take him?

I don't know where it is with 2 1/2 quarts,I never put that much in.

That's Bill's version of the hot test, typing some conflicting nonsense about something he's never done (unless he really is a road runner who can crane his neck over at 60mph to look at the oil window while running alongside himself).

But it is good to see his arms have all healed up to the point he has some functioning hands again and his eyesight is good enough for him to see to pound his keyboard again ....

If he behaves, we won't tell Beatrix Kiddo that he's recovered -- she wouldn't like 'ol Bill not staying properly chopped.

(make her right mad, it would -- that's one girl you don't want to get mad at ya)

moderators have to be true to newbies and tell them to use only motorcycle oil.

+1 on using T6 Rotella Syn (my personal preference) but the white jug Rotella dino stuff works pretty good too for those who don't rag out their engines all the time.

http://www.shell.com/home/Framework?siteId=rotella-en&FC2=/rotella-en/html/iw...

Plain old white jug dino Rotella T Triple Protection is now JASO rated right on the jug too, just like the $13 a quart red stuff that Bill likes so much.