Imo the root cause of many a gripe ranging from starting issues to production stop, noisy by desígn, including even overheating of all things, is a barely hidden agenda. My appologies to the ones whom dó have a genuine issue.
What I responded to still makes no sense:
You shut it down hot and then when cold it does not start.
Right. We are at does not start when cold no?!
Ah well... never mind.
As a generic observation, valve play can shift a bit when the bike is being run in and it can affect starting.
Back to the...
If it were it would not pass Euro5 and 5+ is even tighter yet it still passes, so no it is not.
The extra valve cover serves to muffle the valve play. By design.
oh come on, it was quite natural and close enough
You lost me.
When/how, after ´cold engine not starting at all´ did you get to starting, not warming up??? So it did/does start from cold?!
There is some overthinking it.
The read out is as clear cut as it comes. No mistake possible.
There is quite a margin. A bit left/right lean is hanging matter.
There is 4, foúr!, liters in there.
Warm or cold makes no difference worth mentioning. The crankcase expands too = level the same. Just...
It gets even better.
For whichever reasons, bottom line is that riding a motorcycle is roughly 6 times sáfer (less lethal) in the EU even though there are about 3 times more per 1k inhabitants.
Cold in the morning upright you want the oil to be at the top of the red ring.
It will then hot under way be at about half.
Would only ´worry´ about cold in the morning though.
To check the oil I sit on the bike, more or less vertical and take a photo with flash.
When to change is up to you...
From the village I live to Málaga capital is about 40 kms. Have FÍVE options. Toll road, highway, second level provicial and two strings of local roads. Highway and toll are about 30 minuts max, the others up to double the distance & altitudes, max 90 minutes of all curves.
The provincial...
Ah so your R18 basically does not even warm up on the commute :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
Over here it is simply riders & drivers heaven with great roads, good weather, history/culture all over and minimal traffic most of the time. You can read more on my...
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