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Old 03-25-2005, 12:22 AM
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The oil and the trans fluid...
Is the fluids to be checked with the bike on the kick stand or standing up?
With the bike on the kick stand wouldn't it have a tendency to give the wrong indication on the stick?
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Check oil while on the side stand and hot. The dip stick is calibrated to be read that way. So it says in the owners manual.
 
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Thanks ted...
Unfortantly I dont have a owners manual
I bought it used
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Some models are checked on the side stand and some are checked while bike is level. Check your manual.
 
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Thanks ted...
Unfortantly I dont have a owners manual
I bought it used
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Order the manual...you can get one eBay for less than $50.

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Some models are checked on the side stand and some are checked while bike is level. Check your manual.

What he said.....
 
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my manual for the Dyna says for the oil - check on the kickstand, transmission - check with bike upright... I been wondering, any Harleys ever come with a center-stand?

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my manual for the Dyna says for the oil - check on the kickstand, transmission - check with bike upright... I been wondering, any Harleys ever come with a center-stand?

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Center stands were options even in the '70s, IIRC.
 
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I got the full blown version of the manual for my specific year that I bought at the H-D shop
but as far as a owners manual like the one one might get for a car ...I dont have one...

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My '05 is the same, on kick stand for engine oil, standing straight up for tranny.

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