Hi, all, and greetings! Fairly new C5 (Chrome; 2012) owner here, and I'm having one hell of a time with an oil level issue.
I'm at about 750 miles on the bike and am doing my first non-shop oil change on the Enfield. On center stand, after warming the engine for a few minutes, draining, tipping left and right to complete drain, cleaning screen, changing filter, and putting the new oil in slowly until the level in the oil window was at the correct level, I started the bike, let it run for a few minutes and waited a good hour to check the level. After an hour the oil window was completely filled, just as it was when I shut the engine off. (No clear space at the top of the window at all.)
I put the bike over on the side stand and then back up on the center stand, and the oil was then at the correct level. I read somewhere here in the forums, however, that having it over on the side stand would put oil over in a non-draining area, so I started up again, warmed engine, cut off, and waited again. Again the window shows completely full (no clear area at the top at all).
So, I started all over again, thinking I had somehow overfilled... drained oil, slowly filled to correct level in window, started engine, cut off, and waited. Window shows completely full.
I've read several threads here on the forums about oil levels, but I just can't seem to get a good reading. Any help on a correct procedure/reading would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
jkrobin