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molo YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 4	Re: side stand oil method Reply #15 - 08/01/11 at 04:44:20 I check the oil level. I drain it. I measure the amount that comes out and put that much back in. Mike
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Gyrobob Serious Thumper Offline Posers ain't motorcyclists Posts: 2571 Newnan, GA Gender:	Re: side stand oil method Reply #16 - 08/01/11 at 04:46:01 molo wrote on 08/01/11 at 04:44:20: I check the oil level. I drain it. I measure the amount that comes out and put that much back in. Mike What if you were overfilled or underfilled when you drained it?
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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12639 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: side stand oil method Reply #17 - 08/01/11 at 05:12:25 What do you measure the dirty oil with? (jest curious)
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CBH YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 39 Mid Ohio Valley Gender:	Re: side stand oil method Reply #18 - 08/01/11 at 05:22:46 molo wrote on 08/01/11 at 04:44:20: I check the oil level. I drain it. I measure the amount that comes out and put that much back in. Mike Really? I've never heard that one before!!
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Reply #19 - 08/01/11 at 07:50:56

molo wrote on 08/01/11 at 04:44:20:

I check the oil level.
I drain it.
I measure the amount that comes out and put that much back in.

Mike

If you check it before you drain it, how do you check it ?
So then why not check it the same way when filling it.

Our idea is to check it w/o ever moving it off the sidestand,.....and only one way to do that, keep the oil level in the site glass while on the sidestand.

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Reply #20 - 08/01/11 at 08:22:33

You will hear mention of the HOT TEST and other defining type tests ....

.... if this term is strange to you, then you need to read up a little bit on the origins of the side stand test method so you understand what you are doing before you go to doing it.

Remember, not all oils expand at the exact same rate. Each reference generally contains a link to the previous reference and you will find some of our little discussions literally go back for years history-wise.

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1288398790/0

most recent "window war" which was followed by this tech post

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1283793450/0

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: side stand oil method Reply #21 - 08/01/11 at 08:36:27 Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 08/01/11 at 05:12:25: What do you measure the dirty oil with? (jest curious) Why would the oil be dirty.
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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 5825 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: side stand oil method Reply #22 - 08/01/11 at 09:09:33 [/quote] Why would the oil be dirty. [/quote] too much porn??
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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12639 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: side stand oil method Reply #23 - 08/01/11 at 09:19:46 Bill's favorite oil is communist red, and we all know commies don't have porn -- sex is one of the few "somethings" them commies can afford after all .... Klotz -- is that how you spell klutz in Russian?
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verslagen1 wrote on 07/31/11 at 20:18:27:

Hey, if you're gonna quote me, at least quote some vague reference I made.

Routy, is there a tea bagger party for the oil war?

I can not go with high oil levels, the super motox course I take (aka interstate 5) causes the oil to spit out the breather.

Here's a thought,... If you put in too much oil, and you ride around for a while, the oil will spit out of the breather until enough oil spits out so there is no excess oil to spit out anymore.

If you put the bike on the sidestand after cleaning up the excess oil spitting, what oil level shows in the window?

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Reply #25 - 08/01/11 at 09:28:32

bill67 wrote on 08/01/11 at 08:36:27:

Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 08/01/11 at 05:12:25:

What do you measure the dirty oil with?

(jest curious)

Why would the oil be dirty.

Detergent oil is supposed to get less and less clear as the thousands of miles go by. Just because it is dirty, though, doesn't mean it isn't still lubricating properly.

Most folks change their oil too often. (thought I'd just throw that in,.. and step back)

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Re: side stand oil method
Reply #26 - 08/01/11 at 09:35:00

Gyrobob wrote on 08/01/11 at 09:24:34:

verslagen1 wrote on 07/31/11 at 20:18:27:

Hey, if you're gonna quote me, at least quote some vague reference I made.

Routy, is there a tea bagger party for the oil war?

I can not go with high oil levels, the super motox course I take (aka interstate 5) causes the oil to spit out the breather.

Here's a thought,... If you put in too much oil, and you ride around for a while, the oil will spit out of the breather until enough oil spits out so there is no excess oil to spit out anymore.

If you put the bike on the sidestand after cleaning up the excess oil spitting, what oil level shows in the window?

Not showing.

I fill to midline to max stock
or modified sidestand procedure
which is sidestand on brick, midline.

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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12639 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: side stand oil method Reply #27 - 08/01/11 at 09:55:04 Yep, especially them folks with syn oils that are good for 3-4 times the mileage they actually put on the bike between changes.
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bluesrockdoc YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 42	Re: side stand oil method Reply #28 - 08/01/11 at 10:03:06 Wait... it needs oil!?!?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28787 L.A. California Gender:	Re: side stand oil method Reply #29 - 08/01/11 at 10:04:58 bill67 wrote on 08/01/11 at 08:36:27: Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 08/01/11 at 05:12:25: What do you measure the dirty oil with? (jest curious) Why would the oil be dirty. The question doesn't apply to you bill. You have to ride it to get dirty.
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Question: Side Stand Oil Method -- do you or don't you?
Yep, I do it on the sidestand Nope, I balance it vertical using ..... .... my manservant, Emanuel Dexterity .... a friend, buxom female preferably .... a brick, a block of wood, other thick item *.... a stick (Sluggo can explain it) Remove timing port, fill till it comes out (V1) .... I don't ever have to check it (Bill)** « Last Modified by: verslagen1 on: 07/31/11 at 20:17:02 »