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wotbus@
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Posted: 04 Jul 2019 at 11:13 |
how do other owners do it without removing the tupperware squeezy bottle with long tube attached ? This bike must get the prize for dipstick removal and oil topping up...arggghhh.
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Chris A
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Curse of the bean counters yet again !!You can get an extended filler/ dipstick for these early models...or else strip away the tuperware like you say...shocking really !!!
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wotbus@
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Merde ! Oh well, a rummage in the dark corner of the garage where all the "don't sling that because it may come in handy one day" things are kept at turned up a 1pt plastic bottle with a tube attached - yessss. It was marked Castrol R with a little bit inside and I remembered I kept it to add a few drops to the petrol tank of my mower to make cutting the lawn that much more, ummm, involved Cleaned it out and used that. Still a bit of a PITA but job done.
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MikeCater
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I have the extended (yellow) dipstick do I can at least get the thing out. To get morel in, I use a 100ml syringe with about 20cm of hose on the nozzle. I draw up the new oil from the litre bottle and squirt it down t'ole. It's a pain but it works. I've taken the Tupperware off once too often already :(
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mike My 2007 Norge is my first Moto Guzzi Previous bikes include: Aprilia CapoNord (never again) TRX850 (loved it) R1150GS & F800GS Several MZeds (still got a '93 ETZ251) |
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Brian UK
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I use an old gear oil bottle with the plastic tube. Come to think of it I have just bought a big syringe for sucking oil out of a car sump, that would fill the Norge. The early Norge had the standard screw in dipstick, clearly the dipstick who specified that wasn't aware of the tupperware to be fitted. Almost impossible to get at. They then did an upgrade mod with a push in dipstick and a hole and rubber bung in the fairing, sold as a kit including a template to show where to make the hole. That works fine as a dipstick, but the hole is now smaller to get the oil in. |
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wotbus@
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Thanks. I have the Yellow dipstick and to get it out I have to thread some strong cord through it and give a sharp tug from outside the plastic. Said cord is kept under the seat for just that... I managed to get some oil in using and old gear oil bottle with the tube, but drips here, drips there, 'kin 'ell.
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Brian UK
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wotbus@
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Yes, I have the hole and I can poke my finger in and through the dip-stick handle but the pressure required to pull it out is too much for my right index aided by my left
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Brian UK
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Must be a tighter fit than mine then, I can do it with the index finger on my left hand. Not easily do it though. |
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OldJohnboy
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Used Scotoiler bottles come with a plastic tube as well - not that many Guzzi owners will have a Scotoiler fitted (I hope ).
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but I have one on my Darmah and you have reminded me I have box (somewhere...) with some oil and tubing. Thanks for the tip
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Mike H
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Getting off topic, but it appears BMW K1200LT is a good contender for the title. Love this video. K1200LT Rant No dipstick, but a sight glass. And to help you reach the filler hole, they provide you with (?) ... wait for it ... a pack of disposable paper funnels |
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wotbus@
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Ha ha, love it, and the guy’s sense of humour. I don’t feel so bad now, cheers.
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Brian UK
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But the hole seems a bit bigger, you woudn't get any paper funnel to fit in the Norge. Same problem applies to the Stelvio.
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