Dunno for sure. I think it was some perverse Japanese designer trick to save production money by casting a tiny hole in the crankcase, rather than a bigger hole and a stick. You may have gotten a transition model after previous model year customer complaints led the factory to change it. Rather than plug up the sight glass hole, it was easier and cheaper to keep it and just add a dipstick.
Had a Yamaha like that once. Sight glass was hidden away, of all places, underneath the left foot rest. Hadda lay flat on your belly and peer up under there to see it. Worse, it had a cartridge-type oil filter, housed in the crankcase and covered up by the right exhaust pipe. Required removing the pipe to change it. Go figger. I got rid of the bike long before aftermarket gurus came up with magic (and costly) fixes for both those annoyances. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
