Must Follow manual for Ryker 900 on checking oil!

I have found you must follow instructions to the letter for checking oil or you will get a low reading.

That is also par for the course with all Spyders. They (Spyders/Rykers) are touchy when it comes to oil checks and fills.

:welcome: and :congrats: on your Ryker. :yes:

I wish all bikes, would just simply go back to the sight glass. Yes, my spyder is a pain to check as well, but the worst bike that I have ever owned to check the oil in is the Suzuki Boulevard M109. You must let the bike run for exactly 15 minutes, then shut it off and let it sit for 3 minutes. Then it must be held completely vertical for a good reading. Even after all that, the oil would possibly be off. I found it easier to drain the oil completely and add 4 quarts and pray for the best. If you were any over the recommended amount, it would be blown back through the air filters, and spread down the left side of the engine. A real pain.

The big reason for having to follow the BRP instructions precisely is because after a dry sump engine has been shut off past the maximim time stated by BRP some of the oil returned to the tank by the scavenge pumps during the specified idle time begins to seep back into the bottom of the crankcase. Therefore a sight glass would have to be on the side of the oil tank and would still have to be read within the time specified by BRP.