Oil level check

[Bill Denton]

Hi gang,

Happy New year to all. I still own and love my fast black '96, but one particular idiosyncrasy about the motor has always flummoxed me, namely checking the oil level. With every other motorcycle I've ever owned, the way I've always checked the oil level is with a warm engine. But after a ride with the GPz, when I check the sight glass it always seems "overfull" ie it completely fills the sight glass and always seems to take overnight to settle back down to where I can actually gauge the fullness. Because of this phenomenon, I usually fill the oil (only) to the halfway full mark when cold because I'm paranoid about overfilling and then causing internal damage to the bike from excessive foaming if the (over full) oil gets whipped by the crank throws. 

So I'm asking your collective opinion(s) about the conditions under which you check your oil and if you experience the same issue about the oil in your 95-96 GPz motor taking overnight to settle. 

TIA,
Bill in Yardley, PA

William K Denton
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