myorangecrayon
New Member
So I picked up my NC700X around March 20th from the dealership... did the break in and the 600 mile service at the dealership where I bought it. At the time the tech asked me if I had had to fill the oil at all, which I thought was odd since it was a brand new bike. I hadn't even checked the oil at that point.
So today I was washing it (current mileage ~3,700) and decided to check the oil. I had checked it around 2,000 miles and it looked fine, the oil was reaching to the part of the stick where it goes from flat to round (so past the marker at the bottom, past the marker in middle, all the way to the top where the stick changes shape). At this point, I'm sure you're thinking "well, it's overfilled." Like a dummy, I assumed that that was the right amount of fill and left it alone. Upon checking the manual today, I come to see that it's supposed to be between the two markers, so I've been riding my bike for 3,100 miles with a WAY OVERFILLED crankcase. I'm looking for some advice here on what to do... take it to the dealership and raise all kinds of hell? Drain it myself and leave it alone? Get the oil changed somewhere else and hope it didn't break anything? Any other ideas?
FYI... spare me the speech about checking the oil more often, I bought a brand new bike and paid top dollar to get it serviced properly at the dealership. Also, I checked it on level ground, on the center stand, after running it for a few minutes and letting it sit for a few minutes. And I didn't screw the dipstick in. It hasn't been running weird or anything, in fact it hasn't missed a beat in the long trips I've taken. Help!
So today I was washing it (current mileage ~3,700) and decided to check the oil. I had checked it around 2,000 miles and it looked fine, the oil was reaching to the part of the stick where it goes from flat to round (so past the marker at the bottom, past the marker in middle, all the way to the top where the stick changes shape). At this point, I'm sure you're thinking "well, it's overfilled." Like a dummy, I assumed that that was the right amount of fill and left it alone. Upon checking the manual today, I come to see that it's supposed to be between the two markers, so I've been riding my bike for 3,100 miles with a WAY OVERFILLED crankcase. I'm looking for some advice here on what to do... take it to the dealership and raise all kinds of hell? Drain it myself and leave it alone? Get the oil changed somewhere else and hope it didn't break anything? Any other ideas?
FYI... spare me the speech about checking the oil more often, I bought a brand new bike and paid top dollar to get it serviced properly at the dealership. Also, I checked it on level ground, on the center stand, after running it for a few minutes and letting it sit for a few minutes. And I didn't screw the dipstick in. It hasn't been running weird or anything, in fact it hasn't missed a beat in the long trips I've taken. Help!