How wet for your dipstick's pleasure?

Re: How wet for your dipstick's pleasure?

feeds@yuku.com (Chicago) — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:48:19 GMT

This is one area where H-D has it over Honda. The dipstick on my brother's Road King pivots at the cap so that you can check oil on the stand. Honda needs to wake it up on this one.

Re: How wet for your dipstick's pleasure?

feeds@yuku.com (bamaTrider) — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:36:33 GMT

The proper way to check oil is with the bike balanced upright and on a level surface (front to back), and not screwing the dipstick in. I've found that it also makes a slight difference if the handlbars are turned vs. straight when balancing the bike. I think this is done this way because it eliminates the variables associated with whether you have the bike leaned over more at one time than the other when on the side stand. I don't like having to balance the bike with one hand and...

Re: How wet for your dipstick's pleasure?

feeds@yuku.com (Marpesia2) — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:13:43 GMT

Oops. This maybe belonged in the oil and lube section. Sorry Skip!

How wet for your dipstick's pleasure?

feeds@yuku.com (Marpesia2) — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:56:10 GMT

So, what exactly is the proper measurement technique for checking oil?

When I first bought the bike, not knowing better, I measured it over on the stand, up to the full line on the dipstick with the dipstick fully screwed in.

Then I either read here or was told at the shop that the bike had to be upright and I was overfilling.

Then I read here that the oil was prone to "foaming" in the T if...