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hi folks, I know the first rule for trying to find answers in an internet forum is to use the search feature.
The issue I just found I have doesn't come up in any searches.
My bike has 6 k miles on it.
I just went for my 1st ride after getting it home from the bike shop where I bought it. (not a HD dealer)
As I get home after riding maybe 1/2 hour I see the tiny little red oil light is flashing! I'm sure it wasn't flashing until near the end of the ride, as I was having to look at the gauge pretty often.
The bike didn't come with a user manual. I plan to get the manual and also the actual shop manual soon, off eBay.
I don't really want to change the oil out completely, but, I don't know what oil goes in it!
Short of doing a complete oil change, can anyone let me know what oil comes stock in the bike? Like a 20-50 synth motorcycle oil? or regular fossil oil?
If it has synth in it and I add regular oil, would that hurt it? and vice versa, if it has dino oil and I add synth, would that hurt it?
I pulled the dipstick and the level, hot and on the sidestand, is pretty darn low.
Which leads me to also wonder WHY it would be that low. It doesn't leak oil, and it doesn't smoke, so I don't believe it is "burning" oil.
Got any ideas for me, best way to top it off without doing a whole oil change?
I really do need to get my hands on a manual.
thanks!
Em
Tampa, FL
The issue I just found I have doesn't come up in any searches.
My bike has 6 k miles on it.
I just went for my 1st ride after getting it home from the bike shop where I bought it. (not a HD dealer)
As I get home after riding maybe 1/2 hour I see the tiny little red oil light is flashing! I'm sure it wasn't flashing until near the end of the ride, as I was having to look at the gauge pretty often.
The bike didn't come with a user manual. I plan to get the manual and also the actual shop manual soon, off eBay.
I don't really want to change the oil out completely, but, I don't know what oil goes in it!
Short of doing a complete oil change, can anyone let me know what oil comes stock in the bike? Like a 20-50 synth motorcycle oil? or regular fossil oil?
If it has synth in it and I add regular oil, would that hurt it? and vice versa, if it has dino oil and I add synth, would that hurt it?
I pulled the dipstick and the level, hot and on the sidestand, is pretty darn low.
Which leads me to also wonder WHY it would be that low. It doesn't leak oil, and it doesn't smoke, so I don't believe it is "burning" oil.
Got any ideas for me, best way to top it off without doing a whole oil change?
I really do need to get my hands on a manual.
thanks!
Em
Tampa, FL