What's the worst that will happen?
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From: eastern oklahoma
if you need to remove a bit, then go to lowes, home depot, most hardware stores and get a few feet of the clear vinyl tubing and you can siphon out what you need to in order to get it to the level it needs to be at. 1/4" clear vinyl, also known as tygon tubing works fine. i use tygon tubing to transfer fuel if needed also. the nice thing about clear tubing is that you can see the fluid and this allows you to keep it from getting in your mouth.
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Dangers of Overfilling
While it may not seem like a big deal to overfill the oil in your car, it can cause major malfunctions and potentially cost you thousands of dollars.
When too much engine oil fills the crankshaft in your car, the oil becomes aerated and is whipped into foam. This is caused by the high rotation of the crankshaft. Foamy oil cannot lubricate your car well, and in many cases it will cause oil flow to halt completely, overheating your oil and causing loss of oil pressure. The engine then becomes starved for lubrication and may potentially lock up. Same holds true for a motorcycle.
Sorry didn't feel like trying to explain it myself.
While it may not seem like a big deal to overfill the oil in your car, it can cause major malfunctions and potentially cost you thousands of dollars.
When too much engine oil fills the crankshaft in your car, the oil becomes aerated and is whipped into foam. This is caused by the high rotation of the crankshaft. Foamy oil cannot lubricate your car well, and in many cases it will cause oil flow to halt completely, overheating your oil and causing loss of oil pressure. The engine then becomes starved for lubrication and may potentially lock up. Same holds true for a motorcycle.
Sorry didn't feel like trying to explain it myself.
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From: Wisconsin
+1 'XACTLY! If you overfill it, it does what it is supposed to do, blow into your air cleaner, drip down onto the cam cover and blow back all over the exhaust and bags when you get moving. It's all in the design boys and girls, don't fret, it ain't rocket science it's a Harley. If some overfill could cause any damage, the lawyers at HD would already have a big warning sign in the manual about overfilling.
... Would have took me longer in the house finding the damn turkey baster if we even have one 
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From: Nevada
Oh, I don't know. Sort of fun if you get away with it.
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