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tenchu2x



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 4:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i guess that horror stories you read in the net about too much oil are abit over the top then, right?
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 7:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

tenchu2x wrote:
i guess that horror stories you read in the net about too much oil are abit over the top then, right?


Depending how much surplus oil....... Wink
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tenchu2x



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 7:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

one liter seems to be fine Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 8:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

tenchu2x wrote:
one liter seems to be fine Wink


Depending on the capacity of the oil reservoir/crankcase... Wink
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 9:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i got a call with a bimota dealer, he said you would need to fill in quite a lot more oil than one litre too much that the cranck starts to whirl it up
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 08, 2016 5:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's quite correct. But still, if you really did overfill it I would suggest toe suck some surplus oil oil with a larger seringe with a tube attached to the nozzle. Just to be on the safe side.

A little over the max level shouldn't become a problem . See "disclaimer" Wink
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i did suck out this litre as soon as i noticed that there is too much in it. i rode the bike with that 1 litre too much for 500kilometres in total
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