No flowers?   No BEER?


At least you get down on one knee and hug your bike while checking her oil, that's something to help keep her happy.



       grin, it's a joke son



Ah, OK -- here comes my feeble attempt to get serious at 2:15 in the morning
                                        (Wednesday AM).    

Best I can do, anyway.


Yes -- you certainly can do the Suzuki Method, we have all done it and we all know how.   And according to the poll, very few bikes have tried to get away from us while doing it.

And your method of going down on one knee makes more sense than doing the Roadrunner, as lots of folks have a hard time SEEING the window level much less easily judging it on the first try doing the Roadrunner method.

So, if the only thing that your method means is getting a knee dusty if you are off on a trip, that is not a unrecoverable price to pay for a easier way to get the job done.

Still easier yet is to be able to approach the bike from several feet away standing upright and being able to judge the oil level with a single glance downwards as you walk up to it from the right hand side of the bike -- not even having to touch it or move it or hug it or kneel on one knee or do anything to it other than glance down.


One method is certainly easier than the other method .....


There must be something that the other method has that makes it worthwhile.

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There must be something that the other method has that makes it worthwhile.
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There must ?
What ?

Routy, that ball is in Drums court now, so we'll wait on him to answer it.

If somebody else wants to take a poke at it, they surely may -- this here is an equal opportunity oil window war.


Why do you do the Suzuki Method of Oil Window Checking?


Somebody will come up with some compelling reason they still do the Road Runner (or the One Knee Proposal as the case may be) ....  if they can come up with anything good enough to type, anyway.


Bill however wants to use up the last of his 3 free passes rehashing the last 5-6 oil wars, which is mildly provoking all by itself.


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Verslagen, since you are here now please educate Bill about his favorite oil since you have put more of it into a Savage than he has.

Yup, if he has an '06 and if the rest of his "claimed mileage and oil change data" runs true then he is still on his original crankcase load of Klotz.






Doing the Road Runner --  in the cartoon the wily bird would always do a certain head and neck motion, inverting them so his head was down by his feet, peer at the poor stupid busted up coyote upside down and very rapidly stick his tongue out at him making a tucka-tucka-tucka sound then hitting him with a cheery "Beep Beep" before zipping off again.

But you are right, real ostriches do it too --- except they are sticking their head down in the sand and are ignoring reality.

Hey, that "head in the sand" thing works in this case too if you think about it a bit.

To ignore the fact that the Suzuki Method makes no sense, doesn't work as easy or as well as the sidestand method does, doesn't allow you to put the 2.5 quart recommended amount of oil into the bike and it actually puts you a lot closer to engine death due to low/no oil when you are on a road trip, why "head in the sand" does seem to apply here, doesn't it?

Hon, that's not the right way... yes like the roadrunner.  

Ok, I'm starting to lean in one direction, same as the bike on it's side stand. Clarify for me, when on the side stand, where should the oil level be at in the sight glass? Now, being nearsighted and 1/2 blind even with my glasses on, I'm still gonna have to bend down and look to get a good view. Maybe I should try the gigantic mirror method.
( With a flashlight, of course ) Maybe by doing this, I can get a few more years out of my knee's, having taken all that pounding out of the picture.



Oh, I tried to put on a couple thousand miles today, but I could only manage 85 until my fingers went numb from the cold.

If you have longer shocks or bigger rear tire,Your bike leans over a lot more and your oil will show higher.

where's her helmet?