Some have added oil till they could Juuuust see it at the bottom of the window while it was on the sidestand. Others use a 2X4 under the stand to get it a bit closer to vertical, some get on a knee & pull the bike up, others use a mirror & sit on the bike & check it..
No one ever reported foaming/ oil hitting the crank when they added oil to bring it to the bottom of the window,.,More oil = better cooling & mental comfort. It doesnt take much oil used to drop it in the window pretty quick,, If youre planning on running the Big Road for an hour, you mite want to haul some oil.Once youve had it a while, watched how it uses oil, then youll know when to haul oil. I saw my oil use change as the miles added up on an oil change,, New oil, didnt use oil much, but once there was 1,500 miles or so on that oil I started seeing oil use increase. I changed oil when I saw oil use change enough.,.Once it had 10,000 miles on it I never ran it 3,000 before an oil change, 2,000 to 2,500 was more like it,.,BUt hey! Ya dont hafta change the filter every time,, that filter isnt loaded with crud after that many miles,, & some Rotella T costs about $13.00/gallon, so, gonna spend less than $8.00 to dump & refill the oil,,a filter every other change or every 3rd,, meeeh,, not expensive maintenance,,The big $$$ is keeping a rear tire on it,,
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