Graham, good looking bike. I thought you didn't like the Magna. It is that the big 1100cc engine?
Javier. On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 12:07 AM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > This is the first Magna I have owned or ridden. I bought it last week, > worked on it for two days and took it out today till my hands froze. I was > really impressed, so smooth and comfortable. I think my back would ached on > a longer ride but was good for about 15 miles. Bike Bandit shows this model > with both the sight glass and the mini dip stick (and the filler cap - a > bigger opening still). I'll post a pic of the bike I took today, Graham > > > On Mar 25, 2011, at 12:00 AM, surfswab wrote: > > 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. >> >> > > -- > 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. > > > -- 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.
