Is this normal?

[Sable]

Well, since I have been working on my V pretty regularly, one thing that I did not check was the YICS for leaks.
I noticed that while the bike was running (I was checking for vaccuum leaks), the oil window at the bottom of the engine case was completely empty :-/
Since I was done checking for leaks (later found out that YICS was leaking internally AND externally), I shut the bike down.
After taking the YICS chamber apart, I went outside to cap off the hoses for the box. I checked the oil level again at the bottom of the case and it was right where it should be, near the full line.

Is this normal  OR am I being paranoid?

hopefully it's the latter ;D

  ~Sable

[h2olawyer]

Sable -

If that ain't normal, we both have problems!  As far as I know, everything's OK.  About 3,000 miles ago, I noticed mine did the same thing - even when slightly overfilled.  ::)  I think you're just being paranoid  ;D

H2O

[Extent]

I think that's normal for just about every bike in existance.  My friend has a newish SV650 and it does the same thing as well.  The procedure for checking oil level on his bike (at least after an oil and filter change) was to warm the bike to operating temps, then shut her off and let it cool for 5 minutes, then check the level in the window.

[kiawrench]

it's ok Sable,,, oil has to move to work,, if you could see into your auto oil pan, you would see the same thing. always check oil after short warm up, on center stand and level ground.   just finish those graphics dude,, i wanna see !