checking engine oil level

ok, WTF

On my old bike when I took the little oil cap off it had a dipstick attached to check the level....

On the bandit, when i remove the cap, its just that, a cap...

So how do i check the oil level?

just so everyone remembers, 05 1200s K5 - hence it is oil cooled

Hasnt it got a sight glass .RHS ?

gus wrote:Hasnt it got a sight glass .RHS ?

LOL, yes it does

Thanks... See, thats why you old fellas are so useful, cause I just don't try to figure it out myself first.... Dammit :-S

Can someone delete this thread so that I don't look so stupid... I even searched the forums and I'm the only one to ask this stupid question...... Urrgh

Only you can deleat it ,the box next to EDIT .If your quick you might make it Or change the writing . Or put a .

Chips: It's not a bad idea to have a quick flick through the bike handbook, maybe theres some other stuff you may find out about your bike.

To late ,your gone . Dont worry about it ,a good story when your pissed to bring up .

gus wrote:To late ,your gone . Dont worry about it ,a good story when your pissed to bring up .

lol, damn.

i have no handbook, I have order a service manual but has not come yet....

Maybe Cam can move this to the jokes forum because it gave me a good laugh.
Just dont check the level with it on the side stand

Tough luck - I'm sure there are those among us that won't allow you to forget this too quickly!!

2wheelsagain wrote:Maybe Cam can move this to the jokes forum because it gave me a good laugh.
Just dont check the level with it on the side stand

don't joke about the sidestand, for about 3 secs I went oh shit, its low... then remembered to put it on the centre stand....

i blame suzuki for no dipstick.... I blame myself for assuming it would be the same as my last suzuki

chips wrote:

2wheelsagain wrote:Maybe Cam can move this to the jokes forum because it gave me a good laugh.
Just dont check the level with it on the side stand

don't joke about the sidestand, for about 3 secs I went oh shit, its low... then remembered to put it on the centre stand....

I bet you're not the first

All i can say is.......

2wheelsagain wrote:

chips wrote:

2wheelsagain wrote:Maybe Cam can move this to the jokes forum because it gave me a good laugh.
Just dont check the level with it on the side stand

don't joke about the sidestand, for about 3 secs I went oh shit, its low... then remembered to put it on the centre stand....

I bet you're not the first

He's the first on this site and publicly, so,,,,,,

kinda looks like the whole forum has seen it doesn`t it

Yes,
Yes it does


Nuthin wrong with noob questions tho

Much better that having to right a story kinda like this - I didn't know how to check my oil level so kept riding and one day the engine siezed. Found out the hard way the bike ahs a site glass

old blokes sense of humor can be a bit brutal sometimes but dhula`s right / imagine the crap you`d have copped if you`d seized the motor instead

paul wrote:kinda looks like the whole forum has seen it doesn`t it

meh.....

too late he cried

xpalan wrote: too late he cried

yea, so many tears.... so many.....

Chips, if it makes you feel any better I've done the opposite. I've always had bikes with a 'sight glass'. Then I borrowed a mates bike (Honda Cruiser) while mine was off the road. No matter how hard I looked I couldn't see a sight glass. I ended up ringing him, he pissed himself laughing at me before finally telling me to undo the cap.

b12mick wrote:Chips, if it makes you feel any better I've done the opposite. I've always had bikes with a 'sight glass'. Then I borrowed a mates bike (Honda Cruiser) while mine was off the road. No matter how hard I looked I couldn't see a sight glass. I ended up ringing him, he pissed himself laughing at me before finally telling me to undo the cap.

:-)

does it make a difference if its on the centre stand or just held vertically? Manual says vertically so i just did it that way, although i did comment to the mrs thats its a pain to look in the window and hold the bike vertical as well.

I do mine on c\stand .The bike that is .

Dont worry chips the funniest thing i ever saw was when my brother in law was learning to ride him and i riding. he got off his bike and it fell over! he forgot to put the stand down! i pissed myself laughing