oil sight glass almost impossible to gauge

[darrsi]

Quite a bit over then, well at least it's sorted now, and you now know the correct procedure too. 

[fazersharp]

Gonna do it all in one post

I just added 50ml of oil whenever it came on though so I reckon I'm ok.

That would be about an egg cup then.

When i bought my bike the previous owner put 4 litres of oil in instead of 2.5,

Woh I had no idea you could even get that much in---they must of filled it to the top of the filler cap--like when you do your coolent

I decided to go the suck it thru straw and took out (rather slowly)

I am so glad that this worked, its exactly how I used to do stuff like that so got some srynges now

If you leave the filler cap done up it won't shoot out so mad as well.

Great tip
 
And looking at your oil that red colour is the same as castrel act-evo
Also any sarky -ness that others see, I usually just see as lighthearted and jokey and I can give out just as much, just so long as I can see that people are getting the idea im sposed to be being funny

[crickleymal]

I'm still a little confused by the oil level check. With the engine running the oil level disappears completely. As soon as I stop the engine the sight glass fills up to the top and beyond in a few seconds. So how do I check the level properly?

[Jules-C]

What you are doing is checking it correctly.  And what your check is showing is your bike is overfilled with oil.

[darrsi]

I'm still a little confused by the oil level check. With the engine running the oil level disappears completely. As soon as I stop the engine the sight glass fills up to the top and beyond in a few seconds. So how do I check the level properly?

With the engine running the oil is doing it's job being chucked about lubricating everything.

When you stop the engine, with bike on the centre stand, it should settle in about a minute and should be about two thirds up between the lower/upper markings next to the window.
If it goes above that you have too much in and you should let a bit out of the sump bolt then go through the motions of starting/checking/topping up(gradually) until it levels in the correct place.
Too much oil can cause problems as well as too little.

[His Dudeness]

If you're not sure how much is in it just drain it all out and fill it with the correct amount that's stated in the manual. Measure it out and don't worry about the sight glass. If you put in what it says in the manual it'll come to the correct level in the glass. You can't go wrong.

[fazersharp]

This looks about as much as an egg cup

[crickleymal]

Ok I'll drain some out. Thanks