Why cant you get the plug out? Put the wrench on with the wrench pointed to the front & push down, Youre sure youre on the right bolt head?
Goin the right way? Right size wrench?

You get one on the slab & run it 70 & its gonna suck some oil.
Mine doesnt use oil hardly at all just riding around town for the first 1,500 or so miles on an oil change. After that, it starts using a bit. Once I see oil consumption high enough to be a hassle to keep up with or enough to make it scary to go on the road & run hard, I change it.,

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 06/06/13 at 05:07:25:



I agree, and here's why:

Two cases.

The first case is that you go out to the bike, that's been sitting outside all night, to check the oil level.  You do what the book says and start the engine and let it idle for a few minutes.  You interpret "a few" to mean two.  You shut it down and wait the prescribed three minutes.  You then take your measurement.  Did I mention that the outside air temperature was -10 deg F when you did your check?

Two minutes of idling in this case will change to oil from having a consistency of asphalt to that of molasses.  Your check will seem to indicate that the engine oil is low, everything else being equal.

For the second case, the factors remain the same, except that the bike has been sitting in the hot sun all day.  The outside air temperature is 120 deg F.

For this case, you will most likely get an accurate oil level reading.

What do I do?  Well, if I want to check the oil level, I just check it before the first startup of the day.

Works for me!

I check the oil at the end of a ride.  
-- Pull into the garage.
-- Get off the idling bike.
-- Go around to the right side.
-- Get on my knees and bend down to peer at the window.
-- Pull the bike up to vertical, balancing it there to see the actual level while running.  

I keep the oil level so it fills about a third of the window.

I have tidied up this procedure somewhat, so I don't actually have to get the knees of my pants dirty.  
-- A few years ago, my current wife broke a cheap mirror, which I took to the workshop.  
-- I smoothed out various pieces and gorilla-glued stiff copper wire to a few of them to use as inspection mirrors.  
-- Now I keep one of those at the RYCA-bike parking spot so all I have to do is stay on the idling, vertical, bike, and use the mirror to see the oil-level window.

I know it aint so, but dang if he didnt pretty much say he does..

GB,, wassamattachew?