Oh just normal for the GTS. Since the oil capacity isn't much, the bike cools down, multi viscosity oil gets thicker at cooler temps (relative - even a warm vs. hot engine). You start back up and that thicker oil doesn't make it back down ot the oil pan as quickly as when it is hot. A couple miles, heats it up, flowing like water again and light goes out. How do I know? The light is also notorious for coming on when getting hit with a cross wind from your right.
When I get my pictures, if I ever do, from Long's idiot internet contractor (Fuji film) (Oh sorry our internet picture site is Unix based and doesn't work well with browsers! f$%#, what do expect public users to use!) I'll show you guys a shot of one of the running joke's during the rally - me intravenoulsy feeding oil to the GTS. Since I knew the GTS was going to go thru the oil, I had my oil filler cap machined and tapped to accept a barbed pipe nipple, ran a 5/8' hose up under the seat to my fuel cell where I have some side pockets big enough to hold a quart bottle of oil, drilled and mounted another barbed pipe nipple to a quart oil bottle cap. So whenever, I got gas (about every 300-400 miles), I just grabbed the oil bottle, turned upside down and squeezed. Quick, no fuss, no mess. Worked fine in warm weather, hot weather didn't even have to squeeze, but in colder temps or early morning was like trying to squeeze thick molasses thru a tiny tube. But worked great and saved me a lot of time. A couple of times I even reached back, grabbed the bottle and turned it upside down to add while running. -- Dave Biasotti // Fremont, CA Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 17:29:51 -0400 From: wghalley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: oil light I've got a new "strange problem" for the list. I just got back from a trip, running 75 - 85 MPH true speed (GPS) almost all superslab. Most of the time, when I got back on the highway after a stop the oil light would come on after 1 mile, stay on for 8 - 10 miles, then go off. This was irregardless of whether the oil was completely full or down slightly (if it was down enough, the light would stay on). It was not related to RPM. Sometimes, if I shut the ignition off, then back on the light would go out, sometimes it stayed on. Has anyone else experienced this? Has anyone had a problem with the oil level sensor? Bill
