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Posted by Pilgrim
 - March 22, 2018, 14:52:50 PM

You are either seeing too much oil that is completely covering the sightglass or too little oil which would not show  in the sightglass. Have someone slowly raise the bike off the kickstand while you watch the sightglass and you should see the oil come up on the glass, if you do not see any oil come up, then you are low. There is a mark about 2/3 way up on glass and that is where your level should be.

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Posted by whysam
 - March 22, 2018, 13:44:10 PM

I have a Drifter 800, 2005. I figured out a way to get my bike perpendicular to gravity, but when I look at the sight glass, I can't see any "column" in the middle. The whole thing just looks black. A flashlight doesn't help, I just see the reflection of the flashlight or something else outside the bike. Is it just lower in volume than the sight glass can display? Is there some easier and more effective way to get enough light on the glass?

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