dkruitz wrote on 04/05/13 at 14:12:24:


Hi dkruitz. As long as it is in between the marks you are ok. The reason it took less than 2 qts is that you didn't get all the oil out. The oil gets hung up in the crank halves and side covers. If you want to get it all or actually most of it out you have to tip the bike to one side quite a bit, hold for a few seconds, then come back to upright and let it drain a bit. Then do the same in the other direction. Also there is a well in the cylinder head under the cam shaft that holds about a 1/4 cup and you would have to lay the bike down to get that out. Not worth it!

Yea, the tube that goes down from the cap is the guide there. Mine leaked even when I stopped there, even if I stood the thing up it would occasionally spit some. Now, I stand it up, fill it up to the bottom of that tube, hang the hose up,cap it, slosh the gas a bit. I also took the cap apart & put a thin, hard plastic shim under the rubber seal & taped off the filler & used a sanding block to make sure the sealing lip was a flat surface. It wasnt,,not when I started, anyway. Even with all that, an overfill will still make a mess. Gasoline on skin, especially soft stuff, like a thigh, in pants that will hold the gas a while, is a very bad thing.