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This time of year is a crazy rush at dealers and Indy shops - everyone needing tires, brakes, etc. so the poor Indy is swamped. Best part of doing it yourself though is the self-satisfaction you’ve accomplished it with your own hands. And it’s done correctly.
Last week, local Indy mounted my front tire opposite of the rotation arrow. He apologized a hundred times and made it right but...you gotta check.
My 2011 103" gets 3 1/2 qts in the engine, 1 qt in the trans, and the primary gets filled to "The Appropriate Level" as seen in the diagram below, bike level of course (Approx a qt). All at 5K, never an issue.
Mobil 1 V-Twin 20w50 Syn all three holes.
Oh, and the 5 qt jugs give you a little more room, and feel free to open up the hole on the side a little more. Great for the lawn mower, too.
All three holes have a level to fill them up to. IMHO the quantities in the manual and handbook are best regarded as a guide, rather than a set amount.
All three holes have a level to fill them up to. IMHO the quantities in the manual and handbook are best regarded as a guide, rather than a set amount.
I prefill my filter, dump 3 in and fire it up for 15-20sec, shut it down and let it drain back while I change the other fluids. Never have had to add any additional oil that way. It's always a dot or two from the full line. On the primary I go by sight. When it's full it's full. The trans gets a qt, and changed every other engine/primary oil change. If you change it more often than that, you're throwing away good oil and dollars.
Primary level seemed to have to much grey area the book says 28 oz wet and 36 or 38 oz dry.... so the attached thread helped me out, the pic is from #5 post on thread.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/tri-g...il-amount.html
EDIT!
I see THEGRANDPOOHBAH posted this pick just a few post ago, MY MISTAKE, this damn computer does't show half the pics, i have to go to my phone just to see what i am missing....
not to change the subject but if anybody has any idea what i am doing wrong, (computer settings???) please tell me or pm me the answer as not to hijack this thread, thanks!
Last edited by Stud Duck; Apr 12, 2018 at 12:21 PM.
Reason: computer issues
Ya know.....I was pushing a lot of oil out of (open) air filter when it was hot out. Someone suggested 3qts of engine oil in case. So that's what I did. Oil is right is the middle.....idk?
Probably shouldn't twist the throttle so much.....oh well.
Last edited by jt metal; Apr 12, 2018 at 12:30 PM.
