Flittingman

That, Officially, qualifies as a bad day. Glad everyone is OK

Thanks Guys, I apprciate your responses, yeah, I like the crate idea, seems a safer way of doing it. Must get myself one of these Guzzi crates... One final thing, "run for a few minutes" I assume till it will run cleanly without the choke, say 3/4 minutes,? I guess if it gets to hot this will affect the reading also?

Hi Everyone, I'm pretty new to this Moto Guzzi lark, in fact it took nearly 1,000 miles to discover why my right knee kept rubbing against the fairing, but not the left.....Maybe a 2002 Le Mans wasn't the best way to get back into biking after a 20 year lay off, but they do get right under your skin, don't they? Anyway, can anyone offer some advice on checking the oil level? I know this is the most basic thing, but the manual with the bike was impressively vague on this, and of course with there being no centre stand, this is all the bit more difficult. I have been checking with the bike as vertical as I dare, but realise this isn't ideal. Partly why I ask is that it hardly seems to use any oil. I bought it with 5 miles on the clock as a dealer pre-reg model, it got a service/oil change at 900 miles 12 months ago and hasn't seemed to need any since, now at 2,400 miles. is this typical? Sorry to ask such a simple question, best to make sure though, right?