blackhawkxx

It seems obvious to me that the dipstick is screw in. I don't think I've seen a bike without a sight glass that uses any other kind. It's not something you want to have come off. The key is always motor off and on a level surface. The latter part is the hard bit. If you had a sight glass on your bike, you'd see how even a slight angle can make a big difference in how much oil shows up. Zero, once again, stop, read the post again. He don't want to know if the dipstick screws in but when you are reading the oil level, do you unscrew it and read it or if you unscrew it, wipe it off, return it without screwing it in, remove it and read it. OK?

Zero, stop, go back and read the question again. Maybe a good rule for life.

You are crazy for selling a bike that looks that good.

If this was for a 97, I would have jumped on it.

Go to a meet, let someone else ride it and let you know.

No screw. Unscrew, wipe off, dip it and pull it out and look.

Zero, check out the post about the Starter Valve, might be something to check out.

Interesting.

That may be true but I don't see how it would make it run bad. I have tried 93 in everything from all my bikes to my F-250 with no bad results.

Please explain how or why this would happen.

A photo and the condition always helps a sale.

Well, did you do this?

Being that the fender is mounted to the lower fork, I can't see how the tire would hit the fender. Maybe the bump was enough of a jolt that it broke the fender.

That's why I posted to ask what kind of life people are getting as I see people reporting that their up grades die with relatively low mileage. I am going to crack the 20k mark in the near future and a plug and play stock replacement seems like good insurance on a 16 year old machine. That is what I did. Put on a new R-1 using the hook up plug that someone was selling here. So I still have the factory one as a back up.

No, this is the forum.

Where are the photos at?

Why not? It's not like we are all spring chickens around here.

Na, he is just hesitating.

Shouldn't this be marked NWS?

Aliens? Sorry. I might try to remove seat and tail. With motor running, do the wiggle wire test everywhere I could. After that, I would be eyeing the Power Commander.

Takes that flat spot out, right?

Very hard would not be normal. I would push the caliper pistons back to be sure that it is the brakes and not the bearings.

I don't think that anyone would squawk if you posted them here also. We can dream.