Oil level check

[Don French]

In the 42 Thousand miles I rode my 95 “Rock and Roll Red,” It’s oil symptom remained the same as Yours’.

At each oil change R & R both drain plugs and the filter, pour in 4 quarts, start and check for leaks.

After every 500 miles park the bike on it’s center stand and check oil level the next day.

With that bike it’s best to check it stone cold because it will never change without a tear down to discover
Why it takes so very long draining down all the way. I really would like to know the exact reason for the slow
draining.

Happy riding, Bill.

Dondiego.



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From: Bill Denton<mailto:wkdenton at verizon.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2021 12:18 PM
To: Don French<mailto:Sirdondiego at outlook.com>
Subject: Oil level check

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
wkdenton at verizon.net
215-428-3981 home/office
267-980-7788 cell
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