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Interesting bunch of replies.....my dealer just said to use a brick. Put it under the kickstand. Be careful just how straight up and down you get it. If you can see oil with it on that brick, they said that was close enough.

-Six

Nice. I was just kneeling on the side and balancing it upright with my seat on the hand*... quite precariously. I think the best way is to have someone else check it or balance the bike for you stradling it of course.

*I'm leaving that typo cuz its funny.

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Thanks guys! This seems like a decent place to hang around. I just got this bike last summer as my first bike. I'm looking forward to puting some significant mileage on her this season, and learning as much as I can. Next year I plan up getting a bigger bike.

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Haha, well thank you renegade. Sorry for asking a dumb question but I just wanted to be sure. I am new to this stuff. At least I got one useful answer so if I think of any more dumb questions I'm gonna have to ask! Feel free to award me with more "Assclown Awards"!

BTW, Eddy, what is BingBong. And my roommate asked a good question: How do you suck something with your leg?

[Check oil on sidestand?]

Hi All,

I have a 1988 xv250. According to the manual the bike should be positioned "straight up" when checking the oil. Is this true or should it be on the sidestand?

Thanks.